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# Matsyapurana 158.5

Matsyapurāṇa 158.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.158.5)

saṃcintyaivamuvācedaṃ vīrakaṃ prati śailajā  
lajjāsajjavikāreṇa vadanenāmbujatviṣā //

> Hearing that, Pârvatî began to reflect and said to Herself "Ah! concerning him, Vâyu told me he was a demon and not a woman I have cursed Vîrabhadra in vain In anger, fools, no doubt, do ignoble deeds Reputation is lost by anger. It also destroys riches. I have cursed my son without knowing the real truth. Men with perverted minds easily get into trouble." With such thoughts Pârvatî remorsefully said to Vîrabhadra—2-5.  
> — 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.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.158.5) — English, machine translation

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