Shloka 15
Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth
तेभ्यः स्थूलैस्तैः पुराणैः प्रतीतो भूतं भव्यं चैवमुद्भूतिभाजाम् भावे भावे भावितं त्वा युनक्ति युक्तं युक्तं व्यक्तिभावान्निरस्य इत्थं देवो भक्तिभाजां शरण्यस् त्राता गोप्ता नो भवानन्तमूर्तिः //
tebhyaḥ sthūlaistaiḥ purāṇaiḥ pratīto bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ caivamudbhūtibhājām bhāve bhāve bhāvitaṃ tvā yunakti yuktaṃ yuktaṃ vyaktibhāvānnirasya itthaṃ devo bhaktibhājāṃ śaraṇyas trātā goptā no bhavānantamūrtiḥ //
Through those expansive Purāṇas You are known—You who encompass what has been and what is yet to be for all beings that arise. Meditated upon in state after state of existence, You yoke the mind to Yourself; and again and again, by proper discernment, You cast aside the limiting notions of particularized individuality. Thus You, O God—refuge of the devoted—are our rescuer and protector, O Anantamūrti of infinite forms.
FAQs
It presents the Lord as the one who comprehends past and future for all beings that arise, implying sovereignty over cycles of origination and cosmic change (including pralaya), though it focuses more on spiritual knowledge than flood-narrative details.
It frames Purāṇic study and contemplation as a means to right discernment—reducing ego-bound “individuality” and cultivating devotion—supporting dharmic governance and household life through humility, protection of others, and reliance on the Supreme as ultimate refuge.
No direct Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated; the ritual takeaway is devotional contemplation (bhāvanā) and taking refuge in the Lord of infinite forms—an inner discipline that complements external rites described elsewhere in the Matsya Purāṇa.