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

وہاں بہترین مُنی، جو اپنے حواس پر قابو رکھنے والا تھا، پہاڑ کے ساتھ کھڑا تھا؛ اس نور کے پیکر مُنی کو دیکھ کر شَیل پریا اُس وقت حیران رہ گئی۔

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.