Shloka 46

Matsya Purana — War of Devas and Asuras; Birth of Aurva Fire; Countering Tamasī Māyā through ...

Devanagari script

वपुर्दीप्तान्तरात्मानम् एतत्कृत्वा मनोमयम् दारयोगं विना स्रक्ष्ये पुत्रम् आत्मतनूरुहम् //

Transliteration

vapurdīptāntarātmānam etatkṛtvā manomayam dārayogaṃ vinā srakṣye putram ātmatanūruham //

Translation

Having fashioned this radiant-bodied being—whose inner self shines—by the power of the mind alone, I shall, without union with a wife, bring forth a son, a sprout of my own body.

Word by Word

• vapuḥ: body/form

• dīpta: radiant, shining

• antar-ātmānam: having a luminous inner self/inner spirit

• etat: this (being/form)

• kṛtvā: having made, having fashioned

• manomayam: mind-made, created by mental power

• dāra-yogam: conjugal union/marital intercourse

• vinā: without

• srakṣye (sra(k)ṣye): I shall create/bring forth

• putram: a son

• ātma-tanū-ruham: sprung from one’s own body, self-born offspring (lit. ‘a shoot from one’s own body’).

Speaker

• A progenitor/royal sage figure within the lineage narrative (speaker not explicitly identifiable from the single verse alone; likely conveyed by Suta in narration).

Tags

• Dynasties
• Progeny
• Mind-born creation
• Puranic genealogy
• Dharma

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; instead, it presents a Puranic mode of creation—mental or will-born generation (manomaya), showing that lineage can continue through ascetic/psychic creation rather than physical procreation.

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

In dynasty-focused passages, producing an heir is tied to social continuity (vamsha-pravṛtti). This verse highlights an exceptional, non-householder route—creating progeny without marital union—often reserved for sages or extraordinary rulers in Puranic accounts.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu Shastra or temple-architecture rule is stated here; the technical emphasis is on manomaya creation and self-born progeny, not on building rites or iconographic measurements.