Agnipurana 1.18
Agnipurāṇa 1.18
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- Sanskrit
1.18
yattadadṛśyamagrāhyam agotracaraṇam dhruvam(2) /
viṣṇunoktaṃ yathā mahyaṃ devebhyo brahmaṇā purā /
tathā te kathayiṣyāmi hetuṃ matsyādirūpiṇam //
that which is invisible, ungraspable, without lineage or limbs, constant.
As it was spoken by Viṣṇu to me, [and] formerly by Brahmā to the gods,
so I shall relate to you the cause, having the form of the Fish and other [incarnations].
1.18.p1
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye praśno nāma prathamodhyāyaḥ ||
Thus ends the first chapter, named 'The Inquiry', in the Ādi-Mahāpurāṇa Āgneya.
1.18.p3
:ś atha dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
Now the second chapter.
1.18.p4
matsyāvatāravarṇanaṃ
Description of the Fish Incarnation.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit