[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) › 133.2 # Matsyapurana 133.2 Matsyapurāṇa 133.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133.2) bho devāḥ svāgataṃ vo 'stu brūta yadvo manogatam tāvadeva prayacchāmi nāstyadeyaṃ mayā hi vaḥ // > Sûta said —Śiva thus entreated by Brahmâ and other Devas said —"Where lies the cause of your great danger? Welcome to you all, tell me your object plainly and I will give you all that you desire, I feel there is nothing that I cannot grant you I always cherish in my mind the greatest good of you all, the great asceticism that I practise is always for your welfare I shall always protect you and my devotees I shall destroy those who may be your and therefore my enemies and thus bring about your happiness Who is so very powerful that has become your great enemy? —1-4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133.1) - [Next: 133.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133.3) - [Up: 133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.133.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.133.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.133.2) · Pramāṇa