[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) › 162.4 # Matsyapurana 162.4 Matsyapurāṇa 162.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [162.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.4) \*prahlāda uvāca mahābāho mahārāja daityānāmādisaṃbhava na śrutaṃ na ca no dṛṣṭaṃ nārasiṃhamidaṃ vapuḥ // > Prahlâda said—"O valiant king! the progenitor of the Daityas! I have neither heard nor seen this divine Narasiṃha form How wonderful this mystic form is? Whence has it come? his formidable lionform seems to indicate to me that He will annihilate the demons.—4-5 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 162.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.3) - [Next: 162.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.5) - [Up: 162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.162.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.162.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.45.86) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.App.I.42A.204) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.4) · Pramāṇa