[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 155.2 # Matsyapurana 155.2 Matsyapurāṇa 155.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155.2) candrātapena saṃpṛktā rucirāmbarayā tathā rajanīvāsite pakṣe dṛṣṭidoṣaṃ dadāsi me // > Śiva said :—" My body is resplendent with lustre and you look black and your embracing me looks like a serpent coiling round a sandal tree With apparel white and with the moonbeams falling on you, you look like the new moon lit night."—1 2 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 155.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155.1) - [Next: 155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155.3) - [Up: 155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.155.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.155.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.44.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.40.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.155.2) · Pramāṇa