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Matsyapurana 132.16

Matsyapurāṇa 132.16

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Sanskrit

132.16

kṛtaḥ purāṇāṃ viṣkambho yojamānāṃ śataṃ śatam
yathā caikaprahāreṇa hanyate vai bhavena tu
puṣyayogeṇa yuktāni tāni caikakṣaṇena tu //

Hearing the above words of the Devas, Brahmâ addressed Indra and others as follows, while his face beamed with radiance of joy like the Moon The boon granted to Maya by me has now come to its end and now his destruction is not far distant This famous Tripura fortress ought to be destroyed by only a single arrow It cannot be annihilated by showers of arrows. O Devas ! I do not find a single one amongst you who can destroy Tripura along with Maya and the Dânavas by a single arrow That fortress of Tripura cannot be destroyed by one of weak calibre Śiva alone the Lord of all beings can do so If you all go and pray to Him who upset the sacrifice of Dakṣa He will undoubtedly destroy Maya and his castle Tripura Because each of the three castles of Tripura are 100 yojanas in diameter and all three of them were constructed during the conjunction of the asterism Puṣya with the Moon, you should, therefore, devise that plan which may lead Śiva to destroy them in one arrow—10-16

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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