[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) › 12.44 # Matsyapurana 12.44 Matsyapurāṇa 12.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12.44) tasya putro dilīpas tu dilīpāttu bhagīrathaḥ yena bhāgīrathī gaṅgā tapaḥ kṛtvāvatāritā // > Once upon a time, the sixty thousand sons of Prabhâ were reduced to ashes by the Sage Kapila—an incarnation of Viṣṇu—while they were digging the earth in search of the Aśvamedha horse. The wife of Asamañjasa gave birth to Aṃśu. Dilîpa was the son of Aṃśu, and Bhagîratha, who brought the mother Ganges to the earth after practising great penances, was the son of Dilîpa.—43-44. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12.43) - [Next: 12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12.45) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.12.p22) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.12.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.8.149) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.66.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.20.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.75.16-2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.12.44) · Pramāṇa