Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

तत्र स्थितो मुनिवरः शैलेन सहितो वशी दृष्ट्वा तु तेजसो राशिं मुनिं शैलप्रिया तदा //

Transliteration

tatra sthito munivaraḥ śailena sahito vaśī dṛṣṭvā tu tejaso rāśiṃ muniṃ śailapriyā tadā //

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ-ନିଗ୍ରହୀ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ମୁନି ଶୈଳ ସହିତ ଦଣ୍ଡାୟମାନ ଥିଲେ; ସେଇ ତେଜୋରାଶି ମୁନିଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖି ଶୈଳପ୍ରିୟା ତେବେ ବିସ୍ମିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• तत्र (tatra): there

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ): standing/abiding

• मुनिवरः (munivaraḥ): the best of sages

• शैलेन (śailena): with the mountain / with Śaila (a mountain-personified being)

• सहितः (sahitaḥ): accompanied

• वशी (vaśī): self-controlled, master of the senses

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• तु (tu): indeed/then

• तेजसः (tejasaḥ): of radiance, of spiritual brilliance

• राशिम् (rāśim): a heap/mass

• मुनिम् (munim): the sage

• शैलप्रिया (śailapriyā): 'beloved of the mountain' (a mountain-associated lady

• तदा (tadā): at that time

Speaker

• Suta (narratorial voice) describing the scene within the Matsya Purana’s dialogue framework

Entities Mentioned

• Munivara (eminent sage)
• Śaila/Śaila (mountain or mountain-personified companion)
• Śailapriyā (mountain-beloved lady)

Tags

• Sage
• Tejas
• Tapas
• Himalayan motif
• Puranic narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it emphasizes tapas-born radiance (tejas) of a self-controlled sage, a recurring Purāṇic marker of spiritual power that often becomes relevant in cosmic events elsewhere in the text.

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

By highlighting a sage who is vaśī (sense-mastered), the verse implicitly upholds self-restraint as a core virtue—mirroring the Matsya Purana’s ethical ideal that rulers and householders must govern desire and act with disciplined conduct (dama/śama).

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or ritual procedure is stated; however, the motif of a radiant muni in a mountain setting commonly frames tīrtha/āśrama sanctity—background themes that the Matsya Purana later connects to sacred-site selection and temple/āśrama establishment.