Shloka 5
Matsya Purana — Vishnu’s Names Across Yugas and the Gods’ Refuge During the Tārakāmaya War
अदितेरपि पुत्रत्वम् एव याति युगे युगे एष विष्णुरिति ख्यात इन्द्रस्यावरजो विभुः //
aditerapi putratvam eva yāti yuge yuge eṣa viṣṇuriti khyāta indrasyāvarajo vibhuḥ //
In age after age, he indeed comes to be born as a son of Aditi; he is renowned as Vishnu—the mighty younger brother of Indra.
FAQs
It does not describe Pralaya directly; it emphasizes cyclical time (“yuge yuge”) and Vishnu’s recurring manifestation, a broader Purāṇic principle that also frames cosmic dissolutions and renewals.
By presenting Vishnu as repeatedly incarnating to uphold order, it implicitly supports the Matsya Purana’s ethic that kings and householders must sustain dharma consistently across changing times, aligning governance and conduct with cosmic order.
No Vāstu or temple-rule detail appears in this verse; its ritual takeaway is devotional—Vishnu is to be revered as the ever-manifest protector who appears across ages among the gods.