Shloka 27
वंशस्मरण-फलम्, वैशालिका-प्रसङ्गः, रेवती-बलदेव-विवाहः, विष्णु-परतत्त्व-स्तुतिः
मरुत्तस्य यथा यज्ञस् तथा कस्याभवद् भुवि सर्वं हिरण्मयं यस्य यज्ञवस्त्व् अतिशोभनम्
maruttasya yathā yajñas tathā kasyābhavad bhuvi sarvaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yasya yajñavastv atiśobhanam
As was the sacrifice of Marutta, so too did another such sacrifice arise upon the earth—one in which everything was fashioned of gold, and whose sacrificial implements were exceedingly splendid.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Exemplary kings and their famed deeds within the dynastic narration.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Concept: A king’s lavish yajña symbolizes dharmic action offered for cosmic order, where wealth is transmuted into merit through ritual and giving.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Convert resources into service—support learning, charity, and community welfare with a spirit of offering rather than display.
Vishishtadvaita: Prosperity (Śrī) is meaningful when aligned to dharma, implying the Lord’s grace is to be stewarded in service.
Dharma Exemplar: Rāja-dharma (royal patronage of yajña and generosity)
Key Kings: Marutta
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
FAQs
It functions as a benchmark of royal dharma and prosperity—an idealized yajña so magnificent that later sacrifices are compared against it.
By portraying the king’s yajña as a public act of dharma: the ruler stabilizes social and cosmic order through ritual generosity, abundance, and adherence to Vedic norms.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames righteous kingship and Vedic sacrifice as operating within Vishnu’s sovereign order—dharma ultimately upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.