Matsya Purana 116.8
Matsyapurāṇa 116.8
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116.8
agyrāṃ samudramahiṣīṃ maharṣigaṇasevitām.
sarvalokasya cautsukyakāriṇīṃ sumanoharām.. 116.8 ..
She is the senior consort of the ocean, adored by the seers, the producer of ardent zeal in all, the most beautiful, the giver of universal happiness and relief, the guide to heaven, the waters of which flow up to Gokula, most pleasing, devoid of moss and reeds, and decorated with lotuses, the geese and the cranes throwing out their melodious notes at rapid succession, having deep whirlpools as her navelpit, having little islands hither and thither looking as her thighs, the blue lotus flowers looking like her eyes, the blooming lotuses supplying her mouth, the crystal waters her dress, the cranes her beautiful lips, the train of Balâkâs (cranes) her row of teeth, the restive shoals of fish her eyebrows, the elephants of her waters (water spouts) her breasts, and adorned with the singing geese and the lotus flowers that looked her jingling anklets and bracelets respectively.—8-12.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit