Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

भर्त्सयिष्यति तां देवीं ततः सा कुपिता सती प्रयास्यति तपश्चर्तुं तत्तस्मात्तपसे पुनः //

Transliteration

bhartsayiṣyati tāṃ devīṃ tataḥ sā kupitā satī prayāsyati tapaścartuṃ tattasmāttapase punaḥ //

Translation

Baginda akan menegur dewi itu; lalu dia—Sati—dalam kemarahan, akan berangkat untuk menjalani pertapaan. Oleh itu, dia akan kembali bersandar pada tapas sekali lagi.

Word by Word

• bhartsayiṣyati: will scold/rebuke

• tām: her

• devīm: the goddess

• tataḥ: then/thereafter

• sā: she

• kupitā: enraged/offended

• satī: the virtuous lady (Sati)

• prayāsyati: will depart/set forth

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance

• cartum: to practice/to perform

• tasmāt: therefore/from that cause

• tapase: for austerity/into penance

• punaḥ: again

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (narrating the future course of events to Vaivasvata Manu)

Entities Mentioned

• Devī
• Satī

Tags

• Tapas
• Devī
• Puranic Narrative
• Dharma
• Marital Conflict

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya or cosmology; it focuses on a moral-narrative turning point where an insult leads the Devī (Sati) to undertake tapas.

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

It implicitly warns against harsh speech and disrespect toward the virtuous (especially women and the divine), showing how rebuke can trigger rupture and withdrawal into asceticism—an ethical lesson relevant to household harmony and royal conduct.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-building rule is stated here; the ritual takeaway is the emphasis on tapas (austerity) as a purificatory and transformative religious practice following offense or conflict.