Shloka 18
Matsya Purana — The Kauśika Descendants: Śrāddha
सुमनाः कुमुदः शुद्धश् छिद्रदर्शी सुनेत्रकः सुनेत्रश्चांशुमांश्चैव सप्तैते योगपारगाः //
sumanāḥ kumudaḥ śuddhaś chidradarśī sunetrakaḥ sunetraścāṃśumāṃścaiva saptaite yogapāragāḥ //
Sumanā, Kumuda, Śuddha, Chidradarśī, Sunetraka, Sunetra, and Aṃśumān—these seven are masters who have reached the far shore of Yoga.
FAQs
This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it catalogs seven perfected yogins, implying that yogic mastery and realized sages persist as authoritative transmitters of knowledge across cosmic cycles.
By honoring “yogapāragāḥ” (consummate yogins), the text signals whom kings and householders should seek for guidance—teachers whose purity, discernment, and clear vision support dharma, counsel, and right governance.
No explicit Vāstu or ritual procedure appears in this verse; its practical takeaway is that ritual correctness and sacred building projects in the Matsya Purāṇa are ideally supervised or validated by spiritually accomplished authorities.