Shloka 58

Matsya Purana — The Battle at Tripura: Shiva’s Strategy

Devanagari script

दुःखामर्षितरोषास्ते विद्युन्मालिनि पातिते द्रुमशैलमहावृष्टिं पयोदाः ससृजुर्यथा //

Transliteration

duḥkhāmarṣitaroṣāste vidyunmālini pātite drumaśailamahāvṛṣṭiṃ payodāḥ sasṛjuryathā //

Translation

Stung by grief and intolerant anger when Vidyunmālinī was struck down, they unleashed a torrential downpour—like rain-clouds pouring in a great storm that fells trees and batters mountains.

Word by Word

• दुःख (duḥkha): grief, sorrow

• अमर्षित (amarṣita): made impatient, unable to endure

• रोषाः (roṣāḥ): wrath, anger

• ते (te): they/those (persons/beings)

• विद्युन्मालिनि (vidyunmālini): Vidyunmālinī (a named figure)

• पातिते (pātite): when fallen/when struck down

• द्रुम (druma): tree

• शैल (śaila): mountain, rocky mass

• महावृष्टिम् (mahā-vṛṣṭim): great rainfall, deluge-like rain

• पयोदाः (payodāḥ): rain-clouds

• ससृजुः (sasṛjuḥ): they released, let loose

• यथा (yathā): just as, like.

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) reporting the episode within the Matsya Purana’s deluge/storm imagery

Entities Mentioned

• Vidyunmālinī
• Payodāḥ (rain-clouds)

Tags

• Pralaya
• Storm imagery
• Cosmic upheaval
• Puranic narrative
• Portents

FAQs

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

It uses deluge-like storm imagery—clouds unleashing mountain-and-tree-lashing rains—to depict a world tipping into violent disorder, a common Purāṇic marker of dissolution or catastrophic upheaval.

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

Indirectly, it warns that uncontrolled grief and anger can erupt into destructive consequences; in Matsya Purana’s ethical frame, rulers and householders are urged to govern emotions to prevent harm to society and the natural order.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vāstu or ritual rule is stated; the verse functions as a narrative simile of overwhelming rainfall—useful mainly as contextual imagery when reading later Matsya Purana sections on environmental omens and auspicious/inauspicious conditions.