Shloka 43
Matsya Purana — The Gods Seek Śiva’s Refuge: The Cosmic Chariot Prepared for the Burning of T...
कृत्वा देवा रथं चापि दिव्यं दिव्यप्रभावतः लोकाधिपतिमभ्येत्य इदं वचनमब्रुवन् //
kṛtvā devā rathaṃ cāpi divyaṃ divyaprabhāvataḥ lokādhipatimabhyetya idaṃ vacanamabruvan //
Then the gods, by their own divine power, fashioned a celestial chariot; and approaching the Lord of the worlds, they spoke these words.
FAQs
This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it sets a narrative scene where the gods, empowered by divine splendour, approach the Lord of the worlds to make a request—often a prelude to cosmic intervention in later verses.
Indirectly, it models proper approach to authority: one prepares appropriately and then petitions with respectful speech—an ethical pattern mirrored in rājadharma (a king hearing petitions) and gṛhastha conduct (seeking guidance from rightful elders/teachers).
The key ritual-image is the ‘divine chariot’ (divya ratha), a motif of celestial conveyance used in Purāṇic ritual imagination; it is not a Vāstu-śāstra rule, but it supports iconographic/ritual storytelling about divine movement and formal approach.