Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

रतिस्त्वं रक्तचित्तानां प्रीतिस्त्वं हृष्टदर्शिनाम् त्वं कान्तिः कृतभूषाणां त्वं शान्तिर्दुःखकर्मणाम् //

Transliteration

ratistvaṃ raktacittānāṃ prītistvaṃ hṛṣṭadarśinām tvaṃ kāntiḥ kṛtabhūṣāṇāṃ tvaṃ śāntirduḥkhakarmaṇām //

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, രാഗത്താൽ രക്തചിത്തരായവരിൽ നീയേ രതി; ഹർഷിതദർശനമുള്ളവരിൽ നീയേ പ്രീതി. അലങ്കാരധാരികളിൽ നീയേ കാന്തി; ദുഃഖകർമ്മബന്ധിതരിൽ നീയേ ശാന്തി.

Word by Word

• ratiḥ: desire, love-delight

• tvam: you

• rakta-cittānām: of those with reddened/impassioned minds

• prītiḥ: affection, gladness, joy

• tvam: you

• hṛṣṭa-darśinām: of those whose seeing/appearance is exhilarated, delighted

• tvam: you

• kāntiḥ: radiance, beauty, luster

• kṛta-bhūṣāṇām: of those who have put on ornaments, the adorned

• tvam: you

• śāntiḥ: peace, calm, relief

• duḥkha-karmaṇām: of those whose actions/lot are sorrowful, engaged in painful works

Speaker

• A devotee/narrator offering a hymn of praise to the Goddess (Devi) within the Matsya Purana’s devotional discourse

Entities Mentioned

• Devi (Goddess as the indwelling Shakti)

Tags

• Stotra
• Devi
• Bhakti
• Shakti
• Inner states

FAQs

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

Rather than describing Pralaya events, this verse presents a theological principle: the Goddess is the immanent power within all psychological states—desire, joy, beauty, and peace—implying that even cosmic processes are ultimately expressions of Shakti.

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

It frames emotional life as sacred and governable through devotion: householders and rulers should seek śānti (peace) amid duḥkha (sorrowful burdens) and cultivate prīti (benevolent joy) and kānti (dignified radiance), seeing these as virtues sustained by divine presence.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu or temple-measurement rule is stated directly; the ritual takeaway is stotra-recitation—using praise to internalize the deity as the source of mental steadiness (śānti) and auspicious luster (kānti), which supports worship, vrata, and daily pūjā.