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# Matsyapurana 157.7

Matsyapurāṇa 157.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [157.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.7)

jñātvā manogataṃ tasyā bhagavāṃścaturānanaḥ  
ājagāmāśramapadaṃ saṃpadāmāśrayaṃ tadā  
āgamyovāca deveśo girijāṃ spaṣṭayā girā //

> Pârvatî, on seeing the ferocious lion with his long manes long tail, fearful fangs, slender waist, standing before Her, in the twinkling of an eye, with his mouth wide open and long red tongue flapping out, began to think of entering within his mouth Lord Brahmâ realizing what was in Her mind made His appearance before Her and addressed Her in a very clear tone—5 7  
> — 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.157.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.157.7) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.44.81) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.44.36-2) — Sanskrit

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