Matsya Purana — Chapter 95

MtP 95.1

भगवन्भूतभव्येश तथान्यदपि यच्छ्रुतम् भुक्तिमुक्तिफलायालं तत्पुनर् वक्तुमर्हसि

bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa tathānyadapi yacchrutam bhuktimuktiphalāyālaṃ tatpunar vaktumarhasi

"O Lord, master of what has been and what is to be, and also whatever else has been heard — that which suffices for the fruit of enjoyment and liberation, that you should tell again."

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MtP 95.2

एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीच्छम्भुर् अयं वाङ्मयपारगः मत्समस्तपसा ब्रह्मन् पुराणश्रुतिविस्तरैः

evamukto 'bravīcchambhur ayaṃ vāṅmayapāragaḥ matsamastapasā brahman purāṇaśrutivistaraiḥ

Thus addressed, Śambhu said: "This one has crossed to the far shore of all speech; he is equal to me in austerity, O Brahman, through the expanses of the Purāṇas and the Vedas."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 95.3

धर्मो ऽयं वृषरूपेण नन्दी नाम गणाधिपः धर्मान्माहेश्वरान् वक्ष्यत् यतःप्रभृति नारद

dharmo 'yaṃ vṛṣarūpeṇa nandī nāma gaṇādhipaḥ dharmānmāheśvarān vakṣyat yataḥprabhṛti nārada

"This is Dharma in the form of a bull, the lord of the hosts named Nandin; from now on, O Nārada, he will declare the Māheśvara duties."

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MtP 95.4

इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवेशस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत नारदो ऽपि हि शुश्रूषुर् अपृच्छन्नन्दिकेश्वरम् आदिष्टस्त्वं शिवेनेह वद माहेश्वरं व्रतम्

ityuktvā devadeveśas tatraivāntaradhīyata nārado 'pi hi śuśrūṣur apṛcchannandikeśvaram ādiṣṭastvaṃ śiveneha vada māheśvaraṃ vratam

Having said this, the lord of the gods of gods vanished then and there; and Nārada, eager to hear, asked Nandikeśvara: "You have been commanded by Śiva here — tell (me) the Māheśvara observance."

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MtP 95.5

शृणुष्वावहितो ब्रह्मन् वक्ष्ये माहेश्वरं व्रतम् त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्याता नाम्ना शिवचतुर्दशी

śṛṇuṣvāvahito brahman vakṣye māheśvaraṃ vratam triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātā nāmnā śivacaturdaśī

"Listen attentively, O Brahman; I shall declare the Māheśvara observance. In the three worlds it is renowned by the name Śivacaturdaśī.

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MtP 95.6

मार्गशीर्षत्रयोदश्यां सितायामेकभोजनः प्रार्थयेद्देवदेवेशं त्वामहं शरणं गतः

mārgaśīrṣatrayodaśyāṃ sitāyāmekabhojanaḥ prārthayeddevadeveśaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

On the thirteenth of the bright (fortnight) of Mārgaśīrṣa, eating but once, one should petition the lord of the gods of gods: 'I have come to you for refuge.

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MtP 95.7

चतुर्दश्यां निराहारः सम्यगभ्यर्च्य शंकरम् सुवर्णवृषभं दत्त्वा भोक्ष्यामि च परे ऽहनि

caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samyagabhyarcya śaṃkaram suvarṇavṛṣabhaṃ dattvā bhokṣyāmi ca pare 'hani

On the fourteenth, fasting, having duly worshipped Śaṃkara and given a golden bull, I shall eat on the following day.'

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MtP 95.8

एवं नियमकृत्सुप्त्वा प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः कृतस्नानजपःपश्चाद् उमया सह शंकरम् पूजयेत्कमलैः शुभ्रैर् गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः

evaṃ niyamakṛtsuptvā prātarutthāya mānavaḥ kṛtasnānajapaḥpaścād umayā saha śaṃkaram pūjayetkamalaiḥ śubhrair gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ

Having thus undertaken the vow and slept, a man should rise at dawn, and after bathing and muttering (prayers) should then worship Śaṃkara together with Umā with white lotuses, with perfumes, garlands and unguents.

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MtP 95.9

पादौ नमः शिवायेति शिरः सर्वात्मने नमः त्रिनेत्रायेति नेत्राणि ललाटं हरये नमः

pādau namaḥ śivāyeti śiraḥ sarvātmane namaḥ trinetrāyeti netrāṇi lalāṭaṃ haraye namaḥ

(He should worship) the feet with "Homage to Śiva," the head with "Homage to the Self of all," the eyes with "To the three-eyed one," the forehead with "Homage to Hara."

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MtP 95.10

मुखमिन्दुमुखायेति श्रीकण्ठायेति कंधराम् सद्योजाताय कर्णौ तु वामदेवाय वै भुजौ

mukhamindumukhāyeti śrīkaṇṭhāyeti kaṃdharām sadyojātāya karṇau tu vāmadevāya vai bhujau

The face with "To him whose face is the moon," the neck with "To Śrīkaṇṭha," the ears with "To Sadyojāta," and the arms with "To Vāmadeva."

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MtP 95.11

अघोरहृदयायेति हृदयं चाभिपूजयेत् स्तनौ तत्पुरुषायेति तथेशानाय चोदरम्

aghorahṛdayāyeti hṛdayaṃ cābhipūjayet stanau tatpuruṣāyeti tatheśānāya codaram

He should worship the heart with "To Aghorahṛdaya," the breasts with "To Tatpuruṣa," and likewise the belly with "To Īśāna."

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MtP 95.12

पार्श्वौ चानन्तधर्माय ज्ञानभूताय वै कटिम् ऊरू चानन्तवैराग्यसिंहायेत्यभिपूजयेत्

pārśvau cānantadharmāya jñānabhūtāya vai kaṭim ūrū cānantavairāgyasiṃhāyetyabhipūjayet

And the sides with "To Ananta-dharma," the waist with "To him who is made of knowledge," and he should worship the thighs with "To the lion of endless dispassion."

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MtP 95.13

अनन्तैश्वर्यनाथाय जानुनी चार्चयेद्बुधः प्रधानाय नमो जङ्घे गुल्फौ व्योमात्मने नमः

anantaiśvaryanāthāya jānunī cārcayedbudhaḥ pradhānāya namo jaṅghe gulphau vyomātmane namaḥ

The wise man should worship the knees with "To the lord of endless sovereignty," the shanks with "Homage to the Primal One," the ankles with "Homage to him whose self is the sky."

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MtP 95.14

व्योमकेशात्मरूपाय केशान्पृष्ठं च पूजयेत् नमः पुष्ट्यै नमस्तुष्ट्यै पार्वतीं चापि पूजयेत्

vyomakeśātmarūpāya keśānpṛṣṭhaṃ ca pūjayet namaḥ puṣṭyai namastuṣṭyai pārvatīṃ cāpi pūjayet

He should worship the hair and the back with "To him whose own form is the sky-haired one"; "Homage to Puṣṭi, homage to Tuṣṭi" — and he should worship Pārvatī too.

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MtP 95.15

ततस्तु वृषभं हैमम् उदकुम्भसमन्वितम् शुक्लमाल्याम्बरधरं पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् भक्ष्यैर्नानाविधैर्युक्तं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्

tatastu vṛṣabhaṃ haimam udakumbhasamanvitam śuklamālyāmbaradharaṃ pañcaratnasamanvitam bhakṣyairnānāvidhairyuktaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

Then he should present to a Brahman a golden bull, together with a water-pot, bearing white garlands and garments, furnished with the five gems, and provided with foods of various kinds.

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MtP 95.16

प्रीयतां देवदेवो ऽत्र सद्योजातः पिनाकधृक् ततो विप्रान्समाहूय तर्पयेद्भक्तितः शुभान् पृषदाज्यं च संप्राश्य स्वपेद्भूमावुदङ्मुखः

prīyatāṃ devadevo 'tra sadyojātaḥ pinākadhṛk tato viprānsamāhūya tarpayedbhaktitaḥ śubhān pṛṣadājyaṃ ca saṃprāśya svapedbhūmāvudaṅmukhaḥ

"May the god of gods, Sadyojāta, bearer of the Pināka, be pleased herewith." Then, having summoned auspicious Brahmans, he should satisfy them with devotion; and having tasted clarified butter mixed with curds, he should sleep on the ground facing north.

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MtP 95.17

पञ्चदश्यां च सम्पूज्य विप्रान्भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः तद्वत्कृष्णचतुर्दश्याम् एतत्सर्वं समाचरेत्

pañcadaśyāṃ ca sampūjya viprānbhuñjīta vāgyataḥ tadvatkṛṣṇacaturdaśyām etatsarvaṃ samācaret

And on the fifteenth day, having worshipped brahmins, he should eat with his speech restrained; likewise on the dark-fortnight fourteenth he should carry out all of this.

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MtP 95.18

चतुर्दशीषु सर्वासु कुर्यात्पूर्ववदर्चनम् ये तु मासे विशेषाः स्युस् तान्निबोध क्रमादिह

caturdaśīṣu sarvāsu kuryātpūrvavadarcanam ye tu māse viśeṣāḥ syus tānnibodha kramādiha

On all the fourteenth days he should perform the worship as before. But hear here, in order, what the particular observances for (each) month are.

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MtP 95.19

मार्गशीर्षादिमासेषु क्रमादेतदुदीरयेत् शंकराय नमस्ते ऽस्तु नमस्ते करवीरक

mārgaśīrṣādimāseṣu kramādetadudīrayet śaṃkarāya namaste 'stu namaste karavīraka

In the months beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa he should recite this in order: "Homage be to you, Śaṃkara; homage to you, Karavīraka;

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MtP 95.20

त्र्यम्बकाय नमस्ते ऽस्तु महेश्वरमतः परम् नमस्ते ऽस्तु महादेव स्थाणवे च ततः परम्

tryambakāya namaste 'stu maheśvaramataḥ param namaste 'stu mahādeva sthāṇave ca tataḥ param

homage be to you, Tryambaka"; after that, "Maheśvara"; "homage be to you, Mahādeva"; and after that, to Sthāṇu;

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MtP 95.21

नमः पशुपते नाथ नमस्ते शम्भवे पुनः नमस्ते परमानन्द नमः सोमार्धधारिणे

namaḥ paśupate nātha namaste śambhave punaḥ namaste paramānanda namaḥ somārdhadhāriṇe

"Homage, O Paśupati, O Lord"; again "homage to you, Śambhu"; "homage to you, O supreme bliss"; "homage to the wearer of the half-moon";

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MtP 95.22

नमो भीमाय इत्येवं त्वामहं शरणं गतः गोमूत्रं गोमूयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकम्

namo bhīmāya ityevaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ gomūtraṃ gomūyaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam

"homage to Bhīma" — thus I have gone to you for refuge. Cow's urine, cow dung, milk, curds, ghee, water with kuśa grass,

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MtP 95.23

पञ्चगव्यं ततो बिल्वं कर्पूरं चागुरुं यवाः तिलाः कृष्णाश्च विधिवत् प्राशनं क्रमशः स्मृतम् प्रतिमासं चतुर्दश्योर् एकैकं प्राशनं स्मृतम्

pañcagavyaṃ tato bilvaṃ karpūraṃ cāguruṃ yavāḥ tilāḥ kṛṣṇāśca vidhivat prāśanaṃ kramaśaḥ smṛtam pratimāsaṃ caturdaśyor ekaikaṃ prāśanaṃ smṛtam

then the five products of the cow, bilva, camphor and aguru, barley, and black sesame — these are prescribed as what is to be sipped, in order, according to rule; each month, on the two fourteenth days, one single item is prescribed for sipping.

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MtP 95.24

मन्दारमालतीभिश्च तथा धत्तूरकैरपि सिन्दुवारैरशोकैश्च मल्लिकाभिश्च पाटलैः

mandāramālatībhiśca tathā dhattūrakairapi sinduvārairaśokaiśca mallikābhiśca pāṭalaiḥ

With mandāra and mālatī flowers, and likewise with dhattūra blossoms, with sinduvāra, aśoka, mallikā and pāṭala flowers,

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MtP 95.25

अर्कपुष्पैः कदम्बैश्च शतपत्त्र्या तथोत्पलैः एकैकेन चतुर्दश्योर् अर्चयेत्पार्वतीपतिम्

arkapuṣpaiḥ kadambaiśca śatapattryā tathotpalaiḥ ekaikena caturdaśyor arcayetpārvatīpatim

with arka flowers and kadambas, with the hundred-petalled (rose) and with blue lotuses — with one kind each on the two fourteenth days he should worship the husband of Pārvatī.

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MtP 95.26

पुनश्च कार्त्तिके मासे प्राप्ते संतर्पयेद्द्विजान् अन्नैर् नानाविधैर् भक्ष्यैर् वस्त्रमाल्यविभूषणैः

punaśca kārttike māse prāpte saṃtarpayeddvijān annair nānāvidhair bhakṣyair vastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ

And again, when the month of Kārttika has come, he should gratify the twice-born with foods of many kinds, with delicacies, garments, garlands and ornaments.

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MtP 95.27

कृत्वा नीलवृषोत्सर्गं श्रुत्युक्तविधिना नरः उमामहेश्वरं हैमं वृषभं च गवा सह

kṛtvā nīlavṛṣotsargaṃ śrutyuktavidhinā naraḥ umāmaheśvaraṃ haimaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ ca gavā saha

Having performed the release of a dark bull by the rule stated in scripture, a man (should give) a golden Umā-Maheśvara and a bull together with a cow,

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MtP 95.28

मुक्ताफलाष्टकयुतं सितनेत्रपटावृताम् सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तां शय्यां दद्यात् सकुम्भकाम्

muktāphalāṣṭakayutaṃ sitanetrapaṭāvṛtām sarvopaskarasaṃyuktāṃ śayyāṃ dadyāt sakumbhakām

and he should give a bed furnished with eight pearls, covered with a white cloth spread, provided with all its appurtenances and with a water-jar,

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MtP 95.29

ताम्रपात्रोपरि पुनः शालितण्डुलसंयुतम् स्थाप्य विप्राय शान्ताय वेदव्रतपराय च

tāmrapātropari punaḥ śālitaṇḍulasaṃyutam sthāpya viprāya śāntāya vedavrataparāya ca

having placed (it) again upon a copper vessel together with rice grains of śāli, (giving it) to a brahmin who is tranquil and devoted to the vow of the Veda.

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MtP 95.30

ज्येष्ठसामविदे देयं नवकव्रतिने क्वचित् गुणज्ञे श्रोत्रिये दद्याद् आचार्ये तत्त्ववेदिनि

jyeṣṭhasāmavide deyaṃ navakavratine kvacit guṇajñe śrotriye dadyād ācārye tattvavedini

It is to be given to one who knows the Jyeṣṭha-sāman, in some cases to one under the novena vow; he should give it to a Vedic scholar who knows the qualities, to a teacher who knows the truth,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 95.31

अव्यङ्गाङ्गाय सौम्याय सदा कल्पाणकारिणे सपत्नीकाय सम्पूज्य वस्त्रमाल्यविभूषणैः

avyaṅgāṅgāya saumyāya sadā kalpāṇakāriṇe sapatnīkāya sampūjya vastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ

to one whose limbs are not defective, gentle, always doing what is auspicious, together with his wife, having honoured (him) with garments, garlands and ornaments.

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MtP 95.32

गुरौ सति गुरोर्देयं तदभावे द्विजातये न वित्तशाठ्यं कुर्वीत कुर्वन्दोषात्पतत्यधः

gurau sati gurordeyaṃ tadabhāve dvijātaye na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣātpatatyadhaḥ

If a teacher is present it is to be given to the teacher; in his absence, to a twice-born. One should not practise stinginess with wealth; doing so, one falls down through the fault.

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MtP 95.33

अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्याच्छिवचतुर्दशीम् सो ऽश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

anena vidhinā yastu kuryācchivacaturdaśīm so 'śvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

That man who performs the Śiva-caturdaśī by this rule obtains the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices.

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MtP 95.34

ब्रह्महत्यादिकं किंचिद् यदत्रामुत्र वा कृतम् पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिर्वापि तत्सर्वं नाशमाप्नुयात्

brahmahatyādikaṃ kiṃcid yadatrāmutra vā kṛtam pitṛbhirbhrātṛbhirvāpi tatsarvaṃ nāśamāpnuyāt

Whatever brahmin-murder and the like has been committed here or in the other world, whether by his fathers or by his brothers, all that would come to destruction.

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MtP 95.35

दीर्घायुरारोग्यकुलान्नवृद्धिर् अत्राक्षयामुत्र चतुर्भुजत्वम् गणाधिपत्यं दिवि कल्पकोटिशतान्युषित्वा पदमेति शम्भोः

dīrghāyurārogyakulānnavṛddhir atrākṣayāmutra caturbhujatvam gaṇādhipatyaṃ divi kalpakoṭiśatānyuṣitvā padameti śambhoḥ

Long life, health, and increase of family and food, unfailing here; in the other world four-armedness and lordship over the hosts in heaven; and having dwelt (there) hundreds of crores of kalpas, he goes to the station of Śambhu.

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MtP 95.36

न बृहस्पतिरप्यनन्तमस्याः फलमिन्दो न पितामहो ऽपि वक्तुम् न च सिद्धगणो ऽप्यलं न चाहं यदि जिह्वायुतकोटयो ऽपि वक्त्रे

na bṛhaspatirapyanantamasyāḥ phalamindo na pitāmaho 'pi vaktum na ca siddhagaṇo 'pyalaṃ na cāhaṃ yadi jihvāyutakoṭayo 'pi vaktre

Not even Bṛhaspati is able to tell the endless fruit of this, O Moon, nor even the Grandfather, nor the host of Siddhas, nor I, even if there were myriads of crores of tongues in my mouth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 95.37

भवत्यमरवल्लभः पठति यः स्मरेद्वा सदा शृणोत्यपि विमत्सरः सकलपापनिर्मोचनीम् इमां शिवचतुर्दशीममरकामिनीकोटयः स्तुवन्ति तमनिन्दितं किमु समाचरेद्यः सदा

bhavatyamaravallabhaḥ paṭhati yaḥ smaredvā sadā śṛṇotyapi vimatsaraḥ sakalapāpanirmocanīm imāṃ śivacaturdaśīmamarakāminīkoṭayaḥ stuvanti tamaninditaṃ kimu samācaredyaḥ sadā

He becomes dear to the gods who, free from envy, always recites, or remembers, or even hears this Śiva-caturdaśī that releases one from all sins; myriads of the women of the gods praise that blameless man — how much more one who always performs it!

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MtP 95.38

या वाथ नारी कुरुते ऽतिभक्त्या भर्तारमापृच्छ्य सुतान्गुरून्वा सापि प्रसादात्परमेश्वरस्य परं पदं याति पिनाकपाणेः

yā vātha nārī kurute 'tibhaktyā bhartāramāpṛcchya sutāngurūnvā sāpi prasādātparameśvarasya paraṃ padaṃ yāti pinākapāṇeḥ

Or whatever woman performs (it) with great devotion, having asked leave of her husband, or of her sons, or of her elders, she too, by the grace of the Supreme Lord, goes to the highest state of him who holds the Pināka.

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