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Matsyapurana 102.11

Matsyapurāṇa 102.11

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102.11

uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa kṛṣṇena śatabāhunā
mṛttike brahmadattāsi kāśyapenābhimantritā
āruhya mama gātrāṇi sarvaṃ pāpaṃ pracodaya //

“O Earth! Kṛiṣṇa hast dug Thee out by assuming the form of the wild boar with a hundred hands. Thou art the element employed when empowered by the mantra of Kâśyapa in the creation of all beings, by Brahmâ. By your contact (as you encircle my body) purify my body of all sins.—11.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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