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# Matsyapurana 161.1

Matsyapurāṇa 161.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [161.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.161.1)

\*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmo hiraṇyakaśiporvadham  
narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ tathā pāpavināśanam //

> The Ṛiṣis said:—"O Sûta! we now wish to hear about the destruction of the demon Hiraṇyakaśyapu and also the glory of Narasiṁha (Avatâra) which is the dispeller of great sins"—1  
> — 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.161.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.161.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.45.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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