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# Matsyapurana 158.31

Matsyapurāṇa 158.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.158.31)

gate varṣasahasre tu devāstvaritamānasāḥ  
jvalanaṃ codayāmāsur jñātuṃ śaṃkaraceṣṭitam //

> A thousand years passed away thus when the Devas deputed Agni to make enquiries about Śiva—23  
> — 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.158.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.158.31) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.44.122) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.44.83) — Sanskrit

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