Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

एकानंशेति लोकस्त्वां वरदे पूजयिष्यति भेदैर्बहुविधाकारैः सर्वगा कामसाधिनी //

Transliteration

ekānaṃśeti lokastvāṃ varade pūjayiṣyati bhedairbahuvidhākāraiḥ sarvagā kāmasādhinī //

Translation

വരദേ ദേവീ! ജനങ്ങൾ നിന്നെ “ഏകാനംശാ” എന്നു വിളിച്ച് അനേകം ഭേദങ്ങളോടെയും നാനാവിധ രൂപപ്രകാരങ്ങളോടെയും പൂജിക്കും. നീ സർവ്വവ്യാപിനി, കാമസാധിനി.

Word by Word

• ekānaṃśā: Ekānaṃśā (a name/title of the Goddess)

• iti: thus/as

• lokaḥ: the people/the world

• tvām: you

• varade: O giver of boons

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship

• bhedaiḥ: with distinctions/variegations

• bahuvidha-ākāraiḥ: with many kinds of forms/appearances

• sarvagā: all-pervading/present everywhere

• kāma-sādhinī: accomplisher of desires/one who grants wished-for aims

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (instructing Vaivasvata Manu in a devotional/ritual-theological passage)

Entities Mentioned

• Ekānaṃśā
• Devī (Goddess as all-pervading Shakti)

Tags

• Shakti
• Iconography
• Names of the Goddess
• Puja
• Boons

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; it presents the Goddess as sarvagā (all-pervading), implying a cosmic principle that remains present through all states of the world, including cycles of dissolution and re-creation.

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

It supports the dharmic duty of worship (pūjā) and public devotion: rulers and householders are encouraged to honor the Goddess in her recognized names and forms, seeking lawful fulfillment of aims (kāma) through sanctioned ritual rather than adharmic means.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it legitimizes worship of the same Devī through “many forms” (bahuvidhākāraiḥ), which in temple practice supports multiple mūrti/icon types and localized shrine-forms while affirming one all-pervading Shakti behind them.