Shloka 13
Matsya Purana — Yayāti’s Rule
पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते गृहाणेदं स्वयौवनम् राज्यं चैव गृहाणेदं त्वं हि मे प्रियकृत्सुतः //
pūro prīto 'smi bhadraṃ te gṛhāṇedaṃ svayauvanam rājyaṃ caiva gṛhāṇedaṃ tvaṃ hi me priyakṛtsutaḥ //
“Pūru, I am pleased with you—may good be yours. Accept this very youthfulness of mine; accept the kingship as well, for you are the son who has done what is dear to me.”
FAQs
This verse does not address Pralaya; it belongs to a dynastic-ethical narrative about succession, where a king grants youth and sovereignty to a deserving heir.
It highlights a core royal ethic in the Matsya Purana’s narrative style: rulership is entrusted to the most dutiful and devoted heir, and the king rewards filial responsibility and service with legitimate authority (rājya) and exceptional boons.
No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this verse; its focus is political legitimacy and moral qualification for kingship.