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# Matsyapurana 136.16

Matsyapurāṇa 136.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [136.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.136.16)

tāṃ vāpīṃ sṛjya sa mayo gaṅgāmiva maheśvaraḥ  
tasyāṃ prakṣālayāmāsa vidyunmālinamāditaḥ //

> It abounded with lotuses of various kinds like the Sun and the Moon, many flowers and rows of swans were there It had a host of sweet singing birds of golden colours and seemed as if filled with beings eagerly wishing for their desired objects. Maya produced such a wonderful well as Lord Śiva brought the Ganges Afterwards he washed the corpse of the general Vidyunmali in this tank —14-16  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.136.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.136.16) — English, machine translation

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