Shloka 145

Matsya Purana — Yadu Lineage

Devanagari script

सोमपायाज्यपायैव धूमपायोष्मपाय च शुचये परिधानाय सद्योजाताय मृत्यवे //

Transliteration

somapāyājyapāyaiva dhūmapāyoṣmapāya ca śucaye paridhānāya sadyojātāya mṛtyave //

Translation

Obeisance to the Soma-drinker, the ghee-drinker; to the smoke-drinker and the heat-drinker; to the Pure One; to Him who is himself the garment—covering and protection; to Sadyojāta; and to Death (Mṛtyu), the all-consuming Lord.

Word by Word

• soma-pāya: Soma-drinker

• ājya-pāya: ghee-drinker

• eva: indeed/also

• dhūma-pāya: smoke-drinker

• uṣma-pāya: heat-drinker

• ca: and

• śucaye: to the Pure One

• paridhānāya: to the Covering/Protector (literally 'garment')

• sadyojātāya: to Sadyojāta (the 'newly-born' aspect/name of Śiva)

• mṛtyave: to Death (personified/identified with the Lord).

Speaker

• Sūta (narrating the Matsya Purāṇa’s discourse; verse functions as a mantra-like salutation within the chapter)

Entities Mentioned

• Sadyojāta
• Mṛtyu (Death)

Tags

• Mantra
• Ritual
• Shiva
• Epithets
• Purification

FAQs

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

By saluting the Lord as “Mṛtyu” (Death), the verse points to the divine power that withdraws all beings at dissolution—Death as a cosmic function under the Supreme, not merely an individual event.

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

It models daily discipline through reverent recitation: acknowledging purity (śuci), protection (paridhāna), and mortality (mṛtyu) cultivates restraint, humility, and dharmic conduct—key virtues for rulers and householders.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it reads like a nyāsa/namaskāra-style litany of divine epithets used for sanctification assume-before worship; it supports purification and protective invocation rather than giving direct temple-measurement (vāstu) rules.