[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) › 124.2 # Matsyapurana 124.2 Matsyapurāṇa 124.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [124.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.2) saptadvīpasamudrāṇāṃ dvīpānāṃ bhāti vistaraḥ vistarārdhaṃ pṛthivyāstu bhavedanyatra bāhyataḥ // > Sûta said:—I shall now tell you, O Ṛiṣis! something about the movements of the sun and the moon and the area illumined by these two moving bodies, \*viz.\* (the sun and the moon). This includes the space occupied by the seven dvîpas and the seven oceans, comprising (at a time) the half of the Earth, as well as many parts of the universe outside the Earth.—1-2. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 124.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.1) - [Next: 124.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.3) - [Up: 124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.124.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.2) · Pramāṇa