Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

ऊर्वस्योरुं विनिर्भिद्य और्वो नामान्तको ऽनलः दिधक्षन्निव लोकांस्त्रीञ् जज्ञे परमकोपनः //

Transliteration

ūrvasyoruṃ vinirbhidya aurvo nāmāntako 'nalaḥ didhakṣanniva lokāṃstrīñ jajñe paramakopanaḥ //

Translation

Rending open Urva’s thigh, there was born the blazing fire named Aurva—death-dealing in nature—furious beyond measure, as though intent on burning the three worlds.

Word by Word

• ūrvasyāḥ/urva: (of) Urva

• uruṃ: the thigh

• vinirbhidya: having split open, having burst forth from

• aurvaḥ: Aurva (the sage/fire)

• nāma: by name

• antakaḥ: the Ender, Death

• analaḥ: fire

• didhakṣan iva: as if wishing to burn

• lokān: the worlds

• trīn: three

• jajñe: was born

• parama-kopanaḥ: extremely wrathful

Speaker

• Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic account in Matsya Purāṇa)

Entities Mentioned

• Aurva
• Urva
• Antaka
• Anala
• Trailokya (three worlds)

Tags

• Genealogy
• Sage-legends
• Cosmic wrath
• Puranic narrative
• Kshatriya lineages

FAQs

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

It evokes a pralaya-like motif through Aurva’s fire, portraying a force so wrathful it seems capable of consuming the three worlds—an image of cosmic destruction, though not the formal Flood-Pralaya episode.

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

By depicting uncontrolled wrath as world-threatening, the verse indirectly underscores a key dharma theme in the Matsya Purāṇa: rulers and householders must restrain anger and destructive impulse, since private passions can have public, even cosmic, consequences.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vāstu or temple-architecture rule appears in this verse; its ritual takeaway is symbolic—fire (anala) represents sacrificial power that must be governed by dharma, not rage.