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Matsyapurana 153.93

Matsyapurāṇa 153.93

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Sanskrit

153.93

śailāstraṃ mumuce jambho yantrasaṃghātatāḍanam
vyāmapramāṇairupalais tato varṣamavartata //

Afterwards, the demon discharged his Musalastra which flooded the universe with iron clubs and began to knock down the towns of the Gandharvas and smashed all the horses, elephants chariots and the Deva armies Indra then discharged the Tvastra astra, which gave out very strong weapons full of mechanism that looked like sparks of fire, and a canopy also, and a severe conflict ensued between the sparks and the missiles of the demon The Musalastra was then destroyed The demon then let out his Sailastra when blocks of stone measuring 31/2 hands began to fall—86-92

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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