[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) › 2.3 # Matsyapurana 2.3 Matsyapurāṇa 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2.3) \*matsya uvāca adyaprabhṛtyanāvṛṣṭir bhaviṣyati mahītale yāvadvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ durbhikṣam aśubhāvaham // > The fish replied that from that day there would be no rain for a hundred years, and the universe would be overtaken by a dire famine. After that, all the inferior beings of the universe would be scorched to death by the seven ordinary rays of the sun which shall become seven times more powerful.—3-4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.2.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.2.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.4.28) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.2.3) · Pramāṇa