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# Agnipurana 49.1

Agnipurāṇa 49.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [49.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.49.1)

bhagavānuvāca  
daśāvatāraṃ matsyādilakṣaṇaṃ pravadāmi te /  
matsyākārastu matsyaḥ syāt kūrmaḥ kārmākṛlirbhavet //

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> I shall tell you the characteristics of the ten incarnations, beginning with Matsya:  
> Matsya should have the form of a fish, and Kūrma should have the form of a tortoise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [49.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.49.1.p1)

:n

> \[...\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [49.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.49.1.p2)

1 śaṅkhapadmī iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ  
:p 138

> \[Footnote 1: The reading in the two manuscripts marked ga and ṅa is 'śaṅkhapadmī'.\] / \[Page 138\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.49.1) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.49.1) — Sanskrit

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