Matsya Purana — Description of Atri’s Hermitage: Sacred Grove Planning, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सदा पुष्पफलं सर्वम् अजर्यम् ऋतुयोगतः मद्रेश्वरः स ददृशे तपसा ह्यतियोगतः //

Transliteration

sadā puṣpaphalaṃ sarvam ajaryam ṛtuyogataḥ madreśvaraḥ sa dadṛśe tapasā hyatiyogataḥ //

Translation

Là, toutes les fleurs et tous les fruits sont toujours présents—accordés selon la saison, et pourtant sans se flétrir. Et l’on y vit le Seigneur de Madra (Madreśvara), car par l’austérité (tapas) il avait atteint la puissance yogique suprême.

Word by Word

• sadā: always, perpetually

• puṣpa-phalam: flowers and fruits

• sarvam: all, entirely

• ajaryam: undecaying, unwithering (lit. not subject to aging)

• ṛtu-yogataḥ: by the conjunction/order of the seasons, due to seasonal fitness

• madreśvaraḥ: the Lord (Īśvara) of Madra, Madreśvara (a kṣetra-deity/Śiva-form by name)

• saḥ: he

• dadṛśe: was seen, was beheld, appeared (also: he saw—contextually ‘appeared/was beheld’)

• tapasā: by austerity, by ascetic heat

• hi: indeed

• ati-yogataḥ: through extraordinary yoga, by supreme yogic attainment.

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) continuing the Matsya Purana’s kshetra/tirtha description (likely within Matsya’s instruction to Manu in the broader frame)

Entities Mentioned

• Madreśvara

Tags

• Tirtha
• Kshetra Mahatmya
• Tapas
• Yoga
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

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

This verse is not about pralaya; it highlights a sacred locale’s miraculous fertility (ever-present flowers and fruits) and a deity’s manifestation through tapas and yogic attainment.

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

It supports the Purāṇic ethic that rulers and householders should honor tīrthas and ascetics—since tapas and dharmic discipline are portrayed as spiritually efficacious and socially sustaining.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it frames the kṣetra as a ‘siddha’ place where divine presence is accessible; such verses typically justify worship, pilgrimage, and establishing/maintaining a shrine of the named deity (here, Madreśvara).