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# Matsyapurana 23.41

Matsyapurāṇa 23.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.23.41)

sa somamevābhyagamatpinākī gṛhītadīptāstraviśālavahniḥ  
athābhavad bhīṣaṇabhīmasenasainyadvayasyāpi mahāhavo 'sau //

> Śiva approached His adversary armed to the teeth, glittering like fire. A dreadful battle ensued between the two armies. Various kinds of weapons were used and the onslaught was so terrible that both the armies were destroyed.—41-42.  
> — 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.23.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.23.41) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.12.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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