Matsya Purana — Chapter 132
MtP 132.1
अशीलेषु प्रदुष्टेषु दानवेषु दुरात्मसु लोकेषूत्साद्यमानेषु तपोधनवनेषु च
aśīleṣu praduṣṭeṣu dānaveṣu durātmasu lokeṣūtsādyamāneṣu tapodhanavaneṣu ca
When the evil-natured Dānavas, of bad character, had become utterly corrupt, and the worlds and the groves of the ascetics were being destroyed,
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MtP 132.2
सिंहनादे व्योमगानां तेषु भीतेषु जन्तुषु त्रैलोक्ये भयसंमूढे तमोन्धन्वम् उपागते
siṃhanāde vyomagānāṃ teṣu bhīteṣu jantuṣu trailokye bhayasaṃmūḍhe tamondhanvam upāgate
when the lion-roar of the sky-goers (arose), when those creatures were terrified, when the three worlds were stupefied with fear and had come to a sea of darkness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 132.3
आदित्या वसवः साध्याः पितरो मरुतां गणाः भीताः शरणमाजग्मुर् ब्रह्माणां प्रपितामहम्
ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyāḥ pitaro marutāṃ gaṇāḥ bhītāḥ śaraṇamājagmur brahmāṇāṃ prapitāmaham
the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the fathers, and the hosts of Maruts, frightened, went for refuge to Brahmā, the great-grandfather.
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MtP 132.4
ते तं स्वर्णोत्पलासीनं ब्रह्माणं समुपागताः नेमुरूचुश्च सहिताः पञ्चास्यं चतुराननम्
te taṃ svarṇotpalāsīnaṃ brahmāṇaṃ samupāgatāḥ nemurūcuśca sahitāḥ pañcāsyaṃ caturānanam
Approaching that Brahmā, seated on a golden lotus, five-mouthed and four-faced, they bowed together and spoke.
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MtP 132.5
वरगुप्तास्तवैवेह दानवास्त्रिपुरालयाः बाधन्ते ऽस्मान्यथा प्रेष्यान् अनुशाधि ततो ऽनघ
varaguptāstavaiveha dānavāstripurālayāḥ bādhante 'smānyathā preṣyān anuśādhi tato 'nagha
"Protected here by your very boon, the Dānavas dwelling in Tripura harass us as though (we were) servants; therefore instruct (us), O sinless one."
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MtP 132.6
मेघागमे यथा हंसा मृगाः सिंहभयादिव दानवानां भयात्तद्वद् भ्रमामो हि पितामह
meghāgame yathā haṃsā mṛgāḥ siṃhabhayādiva dānavānāṃ bhayāttadvad bhramāmo hi pitāmaha
"As geese at the coming of the clouds, as deer from fear of a lion, so do we wander from fear of the Dānavas, O grandfather."
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MtP 132.7
पुत्राणां नामधेयानि कलत्राणां तथैव च दानवैर्भ्राम्यमाणानां विस्मृतानि ततो ऽनघ
putrāṇāṃ nāmadheyāni kalatrāṇāṃ tathaiva ca dānavairbhrāmyamāṇānāṃ vismṛtāni tato 'nagha
Being driven about by the Dānavas, we have thereby forgotten the names of our sons and likewise of our wives, O sinless one.
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MtP 132.8
देववेश्मप्रभङ्गाश्च आश्रमभ्रंशनानि च दानवैर्लोममोहान्धैः क्रियन्ते च भ्रमन्ति च
devaveśmaprabhaṅgāśca āśramabhraṃśanāni ca dānavairlomamohāndhaiḥ kriyante ca bhramanti ca
And the demolishing of the dwellings of the gods and the destruction of hermitages are done by the Dānavas, blinded by delusion, and they roam about (at will).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 132.9
यदि न त्रायसे लोकं दानवैर्विद्रुतं द्रुतम् धर्षणानेन निर्देवं निर्मनुष्याश्रमं जगत्
yadi na trāyase lokaṃ dānavairvidrutaṃ drutam dharṣaṇānena nirdevaṃ nirmanuṣyāśramaṃ jagat
"If you do not swiftly protect the world, scattered in flight by the Dānavas, then by this violation the world will be without gods, without men and hermitages."
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MtP 132.10
इत्येवं त्रिदशैरुक्तः पद्मयोनिः पितामहः प्रत्याह त्रिदशान् सेन्द्रान् इन्दुतुल्याननः प्रभुः
ityevaṃ tridaśairuktaḥ padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ pratyāha tridaśān sendrān indutulyānanaḥ prabhuḥ
Thus addressed by the Thirty (gods), the Grandfather, the lotus-born, the Lord whose face is like the moon, replied to the Thirty together with Indra.
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MtP 132.11
भयस्य यो वरो दत्तो मया मतिमतां वराः तस्यान्त एष सम्प्राप्तो यः पुरोक्तो मया सुराः
bhayasya yo varo datto mayā matimatāṃ varāḥ tasyānta eṣa samprāpto yaḥ purokto mayā surāḥ
"The boon against fear that was given by me, O best of the wise — its end has now arrived, (the end) which I declared beforehand, O gods.
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MtP 132.12
तच्च तेषामधिष्ठानं त्रिपुरं त्रिदशर्षभाः एकेषुपातमोक्षेण हन्तव्यं नेषुवृष्टिभिः
tacca teṣāmadhiṣṭhānaṃ tripuraṃ tridaśarṣabhāḥ ekeṣupātamokṣeṇa hantavyaṃ neṣuvṛṣṭibhiḥ
And that stronghold of theirs, Tripura, O bulls among the gods, is to be destroyed by the release of a single arrow-shot, not by showers of arrows.
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MtP 132.13
भवतां च न पश्यामि कमप्यत्र सुरर्षभाः यस्तु चैकप्रहारेण पुरं हन्यात् सदानवम्
bhavatāṃ ca na paśyāmi kamapyatra surarṣabhāḥ yastu caikaprahāreṇa puraṃ hanyāt sadānavam
And among you, O bulls of the gods, I see no one here who could destroy that city together with its Dānavas with a single stroke.
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MtP 132.14
त्रिपुरं नाल्पवीर्येण शक्यं हन्तुं शरेण तु एकं मुक्त्वा महादेवं महेशानं प्रजापतिम्
tripuraṃ nālpavīryeṇa śakyaṃ hantuṃ śareṇa tu ekaṃ muktvā mahādevaṃ maheśānaṃ prajāpatim
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 132.15
ते यूयं यदि अन्ये च क्रतुविध्वंसकं हरम् याचामः सहिता देवं त्रिपुरं स हनिष्यति
te yūyaṃ yadi anye ca kratuvidhvaṃsakaṃ haram yācāmaḥ sahitā devaṃ tripuraṃ sa haniṣyati
If you all, and others too, together entreat the god Hara, the wrecker of (Dakṣa's) sacrifice, he will destroy Tripura.
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MtP 132.16
कृतः पुराणां विष्कम्भो योजमानां शतं शतम् यथा चैकप्रहारेण हन्यते वै भवेन तु पुष्ययोगेण युक्तानि तानि चैकक्षणेन तु
kṛtaḥ purāṇāṃ viṣkambho yojamānāṃ śataṃ śatam yathā caikaprahāreṇa hanyate vai bhavena tu puṣyayogeṇa yuktāni tāni caikakṣaṇena tu
The span of the cities was made a hundred hundred yojanas each, so that they might be slain by Bhava with a single stroke, and, at the conjunction with (the asterism) Puṣya, those (cities were destroyed) in a single instant.
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MtP 132.17
ततो देवैश्च सम्प्रोक्तो यास्याम इति दुःखितैः पितामहश्च तैः सार्धं भवसंसदमागतः
tato devaiśca samprokto yāsyāma iti duḥkhitaiḥ pitāmahaśca taiḥ sārdhaṃ bhavasaṃsadamāgataḥ
Then it was said by the gods, grieving, "Let us go"; and the Grandfather (Brahmā) came along with them to Bhava's assembly.
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MtP 132.18
तं भवं भूतभव्येशं गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम् पश्यन्ति चोमया सार्धं नन्दिना च महात्मना
taṃ bhavaṃ bhūtabhavyeśaṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam paśyanti comayā sārdhaṃ nandinā ca mahātmanā
They see that Bhava, lord of what has been and what shall be, the mountain-dweller, trident in hand, together with Umā and with the great-souled Nandin.
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MtP 132.19
अग्निवर्णमजं देवम् अग्निकुण्डनिभेक्षणम् अग्न्यादित्यसहस्राभम् अग्निवर्णविभूषितम्
agnivarṇamajaṃ devam agnikuṇḍanibhekṣaṇam agnyādityasahasrābham agnivarṇavibhūṣitam
(They see) the unborn god, fire-coloured, his eyes like a fire-pit, with the radiance of a thousand fires and suns, adorned with the colour of fire;
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MtP 132.20
चन्द्रावयवलक्ष्माणं चन्द्रसौम्यतराननम् आगम्य तमजं देवम् अथ तं नीललोहितम् अस्तुवन्गोपतिं शम्भुं वरदं पार्वतीपतिम्
candrāvayavalakṣmāṇaṃ candrasaumyatarānanam āgamya tamajaṃ devam atha taṃ nīlalohitam astuvangopatiṃ śambhuṃ varadaṃ pārvatīpatim
bearing the crescent of the moon as his mark, his face gentler than the moon — having come to that unborn god, that blue-and-red one, they praised the lord of cattle, Śambhu, the giver of boons, the husband of Pārvatī.
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MtP 132.21
नमो भवाय शर्वाय रुद्राय वरदाय च पशूनां पतये नित्यम् उग्राय च कपर्दिने
namo bhavāya śarvāya rudrāya varadāya ca paśūnāṃ pataye nityam ugrāya ca kapardine
Homage to Bhava, to Śarva, to Rudra, and to the giver of boons; ever to the Lord of creatures (Paśupati), and to the Fierce One, to the wearer of braided hair.
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MtP 132.22
महादेवाय भीमाय त्र्यम्बकाय च शान्तये ईशानाय भयघ्नाय नमस्त्वन्धकघातिने
mahādevāya bhīmāya tryambakāya ca śāntaye īśānāya bhayaghnāya namastvandhakaghātine
To the Great God, to the Terrible One, and to the Three-eyed, to Peace (Śānti), to Īśāna, to the destroyer of fear — homage to you, slayer of Andhaka.
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MtP 132.23
नीलग्रीवाय भीमाय वेधसे वेधसा स्तुते कुमारशत्रुनिघ्नाय कुमारजनकाय च
nīlagrīvāya bhīmāya vedhase vedhasā stute kumāraśatrunighnāya kumārajanakāya ca
To the blue-throated one, to the terrible one, to the creator — O you who are praised by the creator — to him who slays the enemies of Kumāra and who is the begetter of Kumāra,
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MtP 132.24
विलोहिताय धूम्राय वराय क्रथनाय च नित्यं नीलशिखण्डाय शूलिने दिव्यशायिने
vilohitāya dhūmrāya varāya krathanāya ca nityaṃ nīlaśikhaṇḍāya śūline divyaśāyine
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 132.25
उरगाय त्रिनेत्राय हिरण्यवसुरेतसे अचिन्त्यायाम्बिकाभर्त्रे सर्वदेवस्तुताय च
uragāya trinetrāya hiraṇyavasuretase acintyāyāmbikābhartre sarvadevastutāya ca
To the serpent-formed one, to the three-eyed, to him whose seed is golden wealth, to the inconceivable one, to Ambikā's husband, and to him who is praised by all the gods;
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MtP 132.26
वृषध्वजाय मुण्डाय जटिने ब्रह्मचारिणे तप्यमानाय सलिले ब्रह्मण्यायाजिताय च
vṛṣadhvajāya muṇḍāya jaṭine brahmacāriṇe tapyamānāya salile brahmaṇyāyājitāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 132.27
विश्वात्मने विश्वसृजे विश्वमावृत्य तिष्ठते नमो ऽस्तु दिव्यरूपाय प्रभवे दिव्यशम्भवे
viśvātmane viśvasṛje viśvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhate namo 'stu divyarūpāya prabhave divyaśambhave
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 132.28
अभिगम्याय काम्याय स्तुत्यायार्च्याय सर्वदा भक्तानुकम्पिने नित्यं दिशते यन्मनोगतम्
abhigamyāya kāmyāya stutyāyārcyāya sarvadā bhaktānukampine nityaṃ diśate yanmanogatam
(Homage) to (him who is) to be approached, to be desired, to be praised, to be worshipped always, who is ever compassionate to (his) devotees, who grants whatever is in (their) mind.
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