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# Matsyapurana 158.43

Matsyapurāṇa 158.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.158.43)

\*kṛttikā ūcuḥ  
dāsyāmo yadi te garbhaḥ sambhūto yo bhaviṣyati  
so 'smākamapi putraḥ syād asmannāmnā ca vartatām  
bhavellokeṣu vikhyātaḥ sarveṣvapi śubhānane //

> Hearing such words of Pârvatî, the Krittikâs said to Her "O beautiful eyed one! If by virtue of drinking this water You bear a child, then he would be renowned in the universe after our name If you agree to this proposal we shall give you this water" Parvatî asked how the son born of Her could be theirs?—33-35  
> — 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.p12) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.158.43) — English, machine translation

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