Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

प्रियकण्ठग्रहानन्ददायिनी त्वं विभावरी इत्यनेकविधैर्देवि रूपैर्लोके त्वमर्चिता //

Transliteration

priyakaṇṭhagrahānandadāyinī tvaṃ vibhāvarī ityanekavidhairdevi rūpairloke tvamarcitā //

Translation

تو محبوب کے گلے کو آغوش میں لینے والوں کو سرور دینے والی ہے؛ تو وِبھاوَری—یعنی رات—ہے۔ یوں، اے دیوی، دنیا میں تو بے شمار صورتوں کے ساتھ پوجی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• priya: beloved

• kaṇṭha: neck

• graha: grasp/embrace

• ānanda: joy

• dāyinī: bestower (feminine)

• tvam: you

• vibhāvarī: night / the radiant one (a name of the Goddess)

• iti: thus

• aneka-vidhaiḥ: by many kinds (instrumental plural)

• devi: O Goddess

• rūpaiḥ: by forms/manifestations

• loke: in the world

• tvam: you

• arcitā: are worshipped/honoured (feminine)

Speaker

• Narrator within the Devi-stuti passage (traditional Purana narration; likely Suta conveying the hymn context)

Entities Mentioned

• Devi
• Vibhavari

Tags

• Devi-Stuti
• Names of the Goddess
• Bhakti
• Iconography
• Worship

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it emphasizes the Goddess’s pervasive presence, being revered through many forms and names across the world.

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

It supports the Purāṇic ideal that householders and rulers maintain dharma through regular devotion (arcana) and respectful recognition of the deity’s many manifestations in ritual and daily life.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it highlights nāma-rūpa upāsanā—worship by invoking specific names and forms—an idea used in temple liturgy and iconography where different aspects of the Goddess are installed and praised with appropriate epithets.