Shloka 26
Matsya Purana — Intermediate Dissolution
अविज्ञेयमविज्ञातं जगत् स्थास्नु चरिष्णु च ततः स्वयम्भूर् अव्यक्तः प्रभवः पुण्यकर्मणाम् //
avijñeyamavijñātaṃ jagat sthāsnu cariṣṇu ca tataḥ svayambhūr avyaktaḥ prabhavaḥ puṇyakarmaṇām //
Daquele Princípio incognoscível e ainda não conhecido surge este mundo—o imóvel e o móvel. Dele nasce o Autoexistente (Svayambhū), o Não Manifesto (Avyakta), fonte de onde procedem as ações meritórias e seus frutos.
FAQs
It frames creation (sarga) as emerging from an unmanifest, unknowable source (avyakta), from which the moving and unmoving cosmos unfolds—implying that even after dissolution, manifestation can re-emerge from that same unmanifest ground.
By calling the unmanifest source the basis from which “puṇya-karmas” proceed, it reinforces moral causality: kings and householders should uphold dharma and perform meritorious acts, trusting that righteous action is rooted in—and aligned with—the cosmic order.
No direct Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated here; the takeaway is foundational: rituals and sacred architecture are traditionally grounded in cosmology—linking visible forms (manifest) back to the avyakta principle they symbolically represent.