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# Matsyapurana 151.27

Matsyapurāṇa 151.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [151.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.151.27)

brāhmamastraṃ cakārāsau sarvāstravinivāraṇam  
tena tatpraśamaṃ yātaṃ raudrāstraṃ lokaghasmaram //

> When all the quarters and space of the earth were covered with arrows, then the general Grasana came and discharged his Brahmâstra which drove away the effects of the Raudrâstra. On the Raudrâstra being thus rendered useless, Lord Viṣṇu let out His formidable Kâladaṇḍa weapon, the terror of the whole universe. A terrific wind began to blow and the earth began to quake and all the demons were at their wits' end.—26-29  
> — 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.151.p8) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.151.27) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.29.31) — Sanskrit

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