Shloka 114

Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth

Devanagari script

यथार्हेण तु पाद्येन पूजयामास वासवः शक्रप्रणीतां तां पूजां प्रतिगृह्य यथाविधि //

Transliteration

yathārheṇa tu pādyena pūjayāmāsa vāsavaḥ śakrapraṇītāṃ tāṃ pūjāṃ pratigṛhya yathāvidhi //

Translation

Then Vāsava (Indra) duly honored him with the appropriate offering of water for the feet (pādya). And that worship, instituted by Śakra, was accepted in accordance with the prescribed ritual.

Word by Word

• यथार्हेण (yathārheṇa): as is fitting/according to due propriety

• तु (tu): then/indeed

• पाद्येन (pādyena): with pādya, water offered for washing the feet

• पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa): worshipped/honored

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ): Vāsava, Indra

• शक्रप्रणीताम् (śakra-praṇītām): established/arranged by Śakra (Indra)

• ताम् (tām): that

• पूजाम् (pūjām): worship/ritual honoring

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya): having accepted/receiving

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi): according to rule/as enjoined by ritual procedure

Speaker

• Sūta (narrator) describing the ritual act (contextual narrative voice within Matsya Purāṇa)

Entities Mentioned

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Pādya
• Pūjā

Tags

• Puja-vidhi
• Ritual protocol
• Deva worship
• Hospitality offerings
• Vedic rites

FAQs

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

This verse is not about pralaya; it highlights correct ritual protocol—honoring a revered being with pādya and ensuring worship is performed and accepted yathāvidhi (as prescribed).

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

It reinforces the dharmic duty of proper hospitality and reverent reception—offering pādya and other upacāras to worthy guests, elders, and deities in the correct order and manner.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it specifies a key upacāra (pādya) and stresses yathāvidhi performance—an essential principle in temple and domestic pūjā where prescribed sequence and propriety determine the rite’s completeness.