Shloka 173

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

Devanagari script

सौभाग्यधनपुत्रायुः पतिलाभानुशंसनम् तैश्च सर्वैर्विहीनेयं त्वमात्थ मुनिपुंगव //

Transliteration

saubhāgyadhanaputrāyuḥ patilābhānuśaṃsanam taiśca sarvairvihīneyaṃ tvamāttha munipuṃgava //

Translation

You spoke in praise of obtaining a husband, together with the fruits of good fortune, wealth, sons, and long life; yet you also said, O best of sages, that she is deprived of all those blessings.

Word by Word

• सौभाग्य (saubhāgya): marital good fortune/auspiciousness

• धन (dhana): wealth

• पुत्र (putra): son/offspring

• आयुः (āyuḥ): lifespan/longevity

• पतिलाभ (pati-lābha): attainment of a husband

• अनुशंसनम् (anuśaṃsanam): praise/commendation/encomium

• तैः (taiḥ): by those/with those

• च (ca): and

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ): all (of them)

• विहीना (vihīnā): bereft/deprived

• इयम् (iyam): this woman/this one

• त्वम् (tvam): you

• आत्थ (āttha): said/spoke

• मुनिपुंगव (muni-puṅgava): best among sages

Speaker

• Vaivasvata Manu (addressing Lord Matsya as the foremost sage/teacher)

Entities Mentioned

• Vaivasvata Manu
• Lord Matsya (as muni-puṅgava/teacher)

Tags

• Grihastha Dharma
• Saubhagya
• Pati-labha
• Blessings
• Ethics

FAQs

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

This verse does not address pralaya or cosmology; it focuses on worldly-spiritual fruits such as marital fortune (saubhāgya), wealth, offspring, and longevity, and the condition of being deprived of them.

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

It reflects a dharma-style evaluation of household well-being—marriage, prosperity, progeny, and lifespan—implying that conduct and observances discussed in the surrounding passage are assessed by these traditional outcomes, which a householder (and a king safeguarding social order) is expected to uphold.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu or temple-architecture rule is stated in this verse; the emphasis is on ritual/ethical discourse about auspicious results (phala) connected to marital attainment and related blessings.