[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 104.8 # Matsyapurana 104.8 Matsyapurāṇa 104.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [104.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.8) ṣaṣṭirdhanuḥsahasrāṇi yāni rakṣanti jāhnavīm yamunāṃ rakṣati sadā savitā saptavāhanaḥ // > The Ganges is guarded by 60,000 bows, the Yamuna (Jumna) by the Sun drawn by his seven horses, the sacred place Prayâga by Indra, and the circumference of it by Lord Viṣṇu, along with other Devas.—7-8. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 104.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.7) - [Next: 104.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.9) - [Up: 104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.104.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.104.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.34.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.104.8) — Sanskrit - [Prayāgarājatīrthamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prayagarajatirthamahatmya.9.18-2) — Sanskrit - [Brāhmī Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmisamhita.36.30) — Sanskrit - [Brahmisamhita (gurumandalseries1962)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brahmisamhita*gurumandalseries1962.36.30) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurmapurana.23.p11) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.8) · Pramāṇa