Shloka 67
Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth
तयोः संयुक्तयोस्तस्मात् सुरतासक्तिकारणे विघ्नस्त्वया विधातव्यो यथा ताभ्यां तथा शृणु //
tayoḥ saṃyuktayostasmāt suratāsaktikāraṇe vighnastvayā vidhātavyo yathā tābhyāṃ tathā śṛṇu //
Therefore, when those two are united and become absorbed in erotic pleasure, an obstacle must be contrived by you. Hear now, exactly as it is to be done to them.
FAQs
This verse does not address pralaya or cosmic dissolution; it focuses on a practical instruction within a narrative about interrupting a couple’s attachment during sexual enjoyment.
It implies that unchecked attachment (āsakti) can derail higher duties; for a king or householder, kama is to be governed by prudence and dharma, sometimes requiring deliberate restraint or interruption when passion becomes binding.
No vastu, temple-building, iconography, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this specific verse; its focus is interpersonal and psychological—creating a ‘vighna’ (disruption) to curb attachment.