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# Matsyapurana 154.587

Matsyapurāṇa 154.587

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [154.587](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.587)

tasthau girisutābāhulatāmīlitakaṃdharaḥ  
śaśimaulisitajyotsnā śucipūritagocaraḥ //

> When Śiva began to sleep with His neck touching the arms of Pârvatî, His white lustre looked extremely charming and the goddess Pârvatî, gleaming like the petal of a blue lotus, looked dark under cover of night At that time the Lord jokingly said to Pârvatî—587 588.  
> — 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.154.p103) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.154.587) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.43.514) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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