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# Matsyapurana 171.63

Matsyapurāṇa 171.63

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [171.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.171.63)

mahīdharānsarvanāgān devī kadrūrvyajāyata  
evaṃ vṛddhiṃ samagaman viśve lokāḥ paraṃtapa //

> Kadrû was the mother of the mountains and the serpents, and in such a way the universe multiplied—63 O King! In such a way the lotus Puskara was produced by Viṣṇu and the creation emanating from it is known as Padmasṛṣṭi I have thus described the glory of the Lord Viṣṇu—the Purāṇapuruṣa—before you; and the Ṛiṣis, all pray to Viṣṇu the Prime cause of all—64 65  
> — 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.171.p20) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.171.63) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.172.63) — Sanskrit

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