[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) › 159.22 # Matsyapurana 159.22 Matsyapurāṇa 159.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [159.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.22) evamuktastathetyuktvā sarvāmarapadānugaḥ jagāma jagatāṃ nāthaḥ stūyamāno 'mareśvaraiḥ // > "The demon Tārakāsura has destroyed all the Devas He is most valiant, unconquerable, wicked and wrathful Pray, destroy him He is our terror, this is our only desire" Hearing such words Svāmikārtika said 'I will kill him' and at once accompanied the Devas and marched to kill Tārakāsura—21 23 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 159.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.21) - [Next: 159.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.23) - [Up: 159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.159.p9-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.159.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.44.163) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.160.22) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.22) · Pramāṇa