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# Matsyapurana 146.3

Matsyapurāṇa 146.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [146.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.3)

\*sūta uvāca  
pṛṣṭastu manunā devo matsyarūpī janārdanaḥ  
kathaṃ śaravaṇe jāto devaḥ ṣaḍvadano vibho //

> Sûta said—Manu, the son of Sun first asked the God Matsya about the birth of Swamikârtika in the thicket of white grass or reeds.—3-4  
> — 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.146.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.146.3) — English, machine translation

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