Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

स च वव्रे वधं दैत्यः शिशुतः सप्तवासरात् स सप्तदिवसो बालः शंकराद्यो भविष्यति //

Transliteration

sa ca vavre vadhaṃ daityaḥ śiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt sa saptadivaso bālaḥ śaṃkarādyo bhaviṣyati //

Translation

اور اُس دَیت نے یہ ور مانگا کہ اس کا وध صرف سات دن کے شیرخوار کے ہاتھوں ہو۔ وہ سات روزہ بالک شَنکر سے وابستہ ہوگا اور اپنے گروہ میں سب سے برتر ٹھہرے گا۔

Word by Word

• saḥ: he

• ca: and

• vavre: chose/asked (as a boon)

• vadham: death/slaying

• daityaḥ: the Daitya (demon)

• śiśutaḥ: by a child/infant

• saptavāsarāt: from/after seven days (i.e., seven-day-old)

• saḥ: that (same)

• saptadivasaḥ: seven-day(-old)

• bālaḥ: boy/child

• śaṃkara-ādyaḥ: Śaṅkara-related/connected with Śaṅkara and foremost

• bhaviṣyati: will be/will come to be.

Speaker

• Likely Sūta narrator (purāṇic narration; dialogue context not explicit in this single verse)

Entities Mentioned

• Daitya
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tags

• Boons
• Daitya
• Śiva
• Prophecy
• Puranic narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not address pralaya directly; it focuses on a demon’s boon and a prophesied slayer, a common purāṇic motif about fate overriding apparent invulnerability.

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

Indirectly, it reinforces the Matsya Purana’s ethical idea that adharmic power gained through boons is unstable; rulers/householders should rely on dharma rather than exploitative protections or loopholes.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu/temple-building or ritual procedure is specified in this verse; its significance is narrative-theological, centering on boon-conditions and divine/Śaiva association.