Shloka 5
Matsya Purana — The Burning of Tripura and Rudra’s Victory
तदापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य रौद्रं रुद्रबलं महत् संक्षोभो दानवेन्द्राणां समुद्रप्रतिमो बभौ //
tadāpatantaṃ samprekṣya raudraṃ rudrabalaṃ mahat saṃkṣobho dānavendrāṇāṃ samudrapratimo babhau //
Seeing that immense, wrathful power of Rudra rushing upon them, a tumult arose among the lords of the Dānavas—like the churning upheaval of the ocean.
FAQs
While not describing cosmic Pralaya directly, it uses an ocean-upheaval metaphor (samudra-pratima saṃkṣobha) to convey a near-cataclysmic level of disturbance—an idiom often used in Purāṇas to evoke world-shaking force.
It indirectly instructs leadership psychology: when overwhelming power advances, even “lords” can fall into collective panic; a king (or householder managing crises) is cautioned to cultivate steadiness and strategic clarity rather than ocean-like agitation.
No Vāstu or ritual procedure is stated; the key takeaway is poetic battlefield imagery—Rudra’s raudra energy triggering a “sea-like” commotion—rather than temple architecture rules.