Shloka 3

Matsya Purana — The Attendant Hosts of the Sun and Moon: Monthly Gaṇas

Devanagari script

धातार्यमा पुलस्त्यश्च पुलहश्च प्रजापती उरगौ वासुकिश्चैव संकीर्णश्चैव तावुभौ //

Transliteration

dhātāryamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatī uragau vāsukiścaiva saṃkīrṇaścaiva tāvubhau //

Translation

Dhātā and Aryaman, Pulastya and Pulaha—these are Prajāpatis; and among the serpent-beings are Vāsuki and Saṃkīrṇa—these two are mentioned together.

Word by Word

dhātāDhātā (a solar deity/Āditya, here listed as a named being)

aryamāAryaman (an Āditya, here listed as a named being)

pulastyaḥPulastya (a great ṛṣi/progenitor)

pulahaḥPulaha (a great ṛṣi/progenitor)

prajāpatīPrajāpatis (progenitors/lords of creatures)

uragautwo Uragas (serpent-beings)

vāsukiḥVāsuki (chief nāga/serpent king)

saṃkīrṇaḥSaṃkīrṇa (a named nāga/serpent being)

ca evaand indeed/also

tāv ubhauthose two (both of them)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) conveying the Matsya Purāṇa’s genealogical enumeration

Entities Mentioned

DhātāAryamanPulastyaPulahaPrajāpatiUragas (Nāgas)VāsukiSaṃkīrṇa

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya directly; it functions as a genealogical/catalogue passage naming progenitors (Prajāpatis/ṛṣis) and nāga figures, supporting the Purāṇic map of beings across cosmic ages.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly: such lineage lists ground dharma in remembered tradition (smṛti-itihāsa), helping kings and householders situate rituals, ancestry, and social order within the Purāṇic cosmology, though no explicit duty is prescribed here.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-rule detail appears in this specific verse; its ritual relevance is mainly in name-recitation and genealogical remembrance used in Purāṇic recitation contexts.