Shloka 69

Matsya Purana — The Gods Seek Śiva’s Refuge: The Cosmic Chariot Prepared for the Burning of T...

Devanagari script

करिगिरिरविमेघसंनिभाः सजलपयोदनिनादनादिनः / प्रमथगणाः परिवार्य देवगुप्तं रथमभितः प्रययुः स्वदर्पयुक्ताः //

Transliteration

karigiriravimeghasaṃnibhāḥ sajalapayodaninādanādinaḥ / pramathagaṇāḥ parivārya devaguptaṃ rathamabhitaḥ prayayuḥ svadarpayuktāḥ //

Translation

The Pramatha hosts—vast and formidable like elephant-mountains and sun-darkening clouds, roaring like rain-laden thunderheads—surrounded Devagupta’s chariot on all sides and advanced, swollen with their own pride.

Word by Word

• kari-giri: elephant-like mountains

• ravi-megha-saṃnibhāḥ: resembling sun-obscuring clouds

• sa-jala: filled with water

• payoda: rain-cloud

• nināda: roar, thunder

• ādinaḥ: producing, making

• pramatha-gaṇāḥ: the Pramatha troops/attendant hosts (often Śiva’s fierce retinue)

• parivārya: having surrounded, encircling

• devaguptam: Devagupta (proper name)

• ratham: chariot

• abhitaḥ: on all sides

• prayayuḥ: they went forth, advanced

• sva-darpa-yuktāḥ: endowed with self-pride, arrogant.

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) describing the scene (epic-puranic narration style)

Entities Mentioned

• Devagupta
• Pramatha-gaṇa

Tags

• Puranic narrative
• Martial imagery
• Śaiva retinue
• Royal episode
• Battle procession

FAQs

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

Nothing directly: the verse is a martial-narrative description, using storm-cloud imagery (thunder, rain-clouds) as a poetic comparison rather than teaching Pralaya doctrine.

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

Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic theme that pride (darpa) and the display of force shape political outcomes; it cautions rulers and followers that arrogance in power can precede conflict and downfall.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or ritual procedure is specified; the only technical note is the identification of “Pramatha-gaṇas,” a Śaiva attendant host often invoked in Purāṇic ritual and mythic retinue contexts.