Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

न जातो ऽस्याः पतिर्भद्रे लक्षणैश्च विवर्जिता उत्तानहस्ता सततं चरणैर्व्यभिचारिभिः स्वछायया भविष्येयं किमन्यद्बहु भाष्यते //

Transliteration

na jāto 'syāḥ patirbhadre lakṣaṇaiśca vivarjitā uttānahastā satataṃ caraṇairvyabhicāribhiḥ svachāyayā bhaviṣyeyaṃ kimanyadbahu bhāṣyate //

Translation

Ô douce dame, aucun époux ne naîtra pour elle, car elle est dépourvue de signes auspices. Ses paumes demeurent toujours tendues, ses pieds sont instables et s’égarent; elle vivra de sa propre ombre, c’est-à-dire ne dépendra que d’elle-même. À quoi bon en dire davantage ?

Word by Word

• na: not

• jātaḥ: born/arising

• asyāḥ: for her/of her

• patiḥ: husband

• bhadre: O auspicious one/O gentle lady

• lakṣaṇaiḥ: with (auspicious) marks/signs

• ca: and

• vivarjitā: deprived/without

• uttāna-hastā: having upturned/outstretched palms (begging/receiving gesture)

• satatam: always

• caraṇaiḥ: with the feet/steps

• vyabhicāribhiḥ: deviating, unsteady, straying

• sva-chāyayā: by/with her own shadow (by herself, self-dependent)

• bhaviṣyeyam: she will become/she will be in the future

• kim: what

• anyat: else

• bahu: much

• bhāṣyate: is to be said/spoken.

Speaker

• Likely a narrator/teacher voice within a lakṣaṇa (marks/omens) discourse in the Matsya Purana (dialogue context not explicit in the single verse)

Tags

• Stri-Lakshana
• Omens
• Auspicious marks
• Rajadharma
• Puranic ethics

FAQs

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

This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it belongs to a lakṣaṇa (marks/omens) style passage describing inauspicious indicators and their predicted life outcomes.

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

In Rajadharma-adjacent contexts, such lakṣaṇa teachings function as social-ethical guidance—how a householder or ruler might interpret signs when arranging alliances or assessing welfare—though the text frames it as predictive rather than prescriptive duty.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned; the technical focus is on lakṣaṇa (physiognomic/omen) terminology like vivarjitā (devoid of marks) and vyabhicārin (unsteady/straying).