Shloka 13

Matsya Purana — The Legend of Acchodā: Pitṛloka

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं पुत्रि तपसः प्राप्स्यसे प्रेत्य तत्फलम् अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा //

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ putri tapasaḥ prāpsyase pretya tatphalam aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā //

Translation

Therefore, O daughter, after death you shall obtain the fruit of your austerities (tapas). In the twenty-eighth Dvāpara age, you will be born from a fish-womb, as Matsyayonijā.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore

• tvam: you

• putri: O daughter

• tapasaḥ: of austerity/penance

• prāpsyase: you will attain/obtain

• pretya: after death, having departed

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result

• aṣṭāviṃśe: in the twenty-eighth

• bhavitrī: you will become/you will be (female future)

• tvam: you

• dvāpare: in the Dvāpara (yuga/age)

• matsya-yonijā: born from a fish-womb, fish-born

Speaker

• Likely a sage/authoritative narrator addressing a princess or young woman (putrī) with a prophetic boon; speaker not explicitly identified in the given single verse

Entities Mentioned

• Dvapara Yuga
• Matsyayonijā (fish-born woman)

Tags

• Tapas
• Phala (fruit of karma)
• Prophecy
• Yuga chronology
• Birth narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it emphasizes karmic causality—how tapas (austerity) yields results even after death—and places the outcome within yuga chronology (Dvāpara).

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

It reinforces the Purāṇic ethic that disciplined tapas and dharmic conduct are meaningful across lifetimes; for householders and rulers, it supports the ideal that self-restraint and vowed practice produce enduring merit (phala), not merely immediate gains.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule appears in this verse; the ritual takeaway is the valuation of tapas as a legitimate sādhanā whose fruit (phala) manifests according to cosmic time (yugas).