Shloka 48

Matsya Purana — The Pushkara Manifestation

Devanagari script

धर्मस्यापत्यम् एतद्वै सुदेव्यां समजायत विश्वे देवाश्च विश्वायां धर्माज्जाता इति श्रुतिः //

Transliteration

dharmasyāpatyam etadvai sudevyāṃ samajāyata viśve devāśca viśvāyāṃ dharmājjātā iti śrutiḥ //

Translation

Indeed, this offspring of Dharma was born of Sudevī; and from Viśvā, the Viśve Devas were born of Dharma—so says the sacred tradition.

Word by Word

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya): of Dharma

• अपत्यम् (apatyam): offspring/progeny

• एतद्वै (etad vai): indeed this

• सुदेव्याम् (sudevyām): in/through Sudevī

• समजायत (samajāyata): was born/was produced

• विश्वे देवाः (viśve devāḥ): the Viśve Devas (a collective class of gods)

• च (ca): and

• विश्वायाम् (viśvāyām): in/through Viśvā

• धर्मात् (dharmāt): from Dharma

• जाताः (jātāḥ): born

• इति (iti): thus

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ): sacred report/tradition (authoritative hearing).

Speaker

• Suta (narrative voice) reporting traditional lineage (śruti) within the Matsya Purana’s genealogical account

Entities Mentioned

• Dharma
• Sudevī
• Viśvā
• Viśve Devas

Tags

• Genealogy
• Deva-Origins
• Dharma
• Manvantara
• Puranic Lineages

FAQs

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

This verse is not about Pralaya; it preserves a genealogical tradition describing how a class of deities (the Viśve Devas) are born from Dharma through Viśvā, emphasizing orderly cosmic lineage rather than dissolution.

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

By grounding divine beings in Dharma’s lineage, the verse reinforces Dharma as the root principle sustaining society—an implicit reminder that kingship and household life are to be regulated by dharma to maintain cosmic and social order.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated here; the ritual takeaway is indirect—these deities’ origin is cited as ‘śruti,’ supporting their authority and relevance in Vedic-Puranic ritual invocations.