Shloka 27

Matsya Purana — The Rite and Glory of Meru-Dāna: The Tenfold ‘Gift of Meru’ and Mountain-Offe...

Devanagari script

त्वं सर्वदेवगणधामनिधे विरुद्धम् अस्मद्गृहेष्वमरपर्वत नाशयाशु क्षेमं विधत्स्व कुरु शान्तिमनुत्तमां नः सम्पूजितः परमभक्तिमता मया हि //

Transliteration

tvaṃ sarvadevagaṇadhāmanidhe viruddham asmadgṛheṣvamaraparvata nāśayāśu kṣemaṃ vidhatsva kuru śāntimanuttamāṃ naḥ sampūjitaḥ paramabhaktimatā mayā hi //

Translation

O abode and treasure-house of the hosts of all gods, O divine mountain, swiftly destroy whatever is hostile within our homes. Establish welfare and safety; grant us unsurpassed peace, for I have worshipped you with the highest devotion.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you

• सर्व-देव-गण: all groups of gods

• धाम-निधे: repository/treasure-house and abode

• विरुद्धम्: hostile, adverse, opposed influence

• अस्मद्-गृहेषु: in our houses/homes

• अमर-पर्वत: divine mountain (a deified mountain/power)

• नाशय: destroy

• आशु: quickly

• क्षेमम्: welfare, security, well-being

• विधत्स्व: ordain, establish

• कुरु: do, make

• शान्तिम्: peace, pacification

• अनुत्तमाम्: unsurpassed, supreme

• नः: for us/our

• सम्पूजितः: fully worshipped, duly honoured

• परम-भक्तिमता: by one endowed with highest devotion

• मया: by me

• हि: indeed.

Speaker

• A householder/ritual performer (yajamāna) offering a pacificatory prayer to a deified protective power (likely a Vastu/guardian deity addressed as a ‘divine mountain’).

Entities Mentioned

• Sarva-devagaṇa (hosts of the gods)
• Amaraparvata (divine mountain / deified power)
• Gṛha (household dwelling)

Tags

• Vastu
• Griha-Shanti
• Protective Rituals
• Pacification
• Householder Dharma

FAQs

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

This verse is not about cosmic creation or Pralaya; it is a domestic pacification prayer seeking the removal of harmful influences and the establishment of kṣema (security) and śānti (peace) in the home.

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

It aligns with the householder’s duty to protect the household through worship and śānti-prayogas—maintaining auspiciousness, removing adversity, and ensuring the family’s welfare through proper ritual honouring of protective divinities.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it functions as a gṛha-śānti invocation: after due worship (sampūjitaḥ), the practitioner petitions a protective power to neutralize hostile factors (viruddham) affecting the dwelling—an applied Vastu-style remedy focused on peace and safety.