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# Matsyapurana 24.13

Matsyapurāṇa 24.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.13)

saptadvīpā vasumatī saśailavanakānanā  
dharmeṇa pālitā tena sarvalokahitaiṣiṇā //

> It was he who annihilated the demons Keśi, &c., and whose wife the celestial nymph Urvaśi became on being enamoured of him. It was he who ruled the seven worlds with even-handed justice and sympathy and thus benefited his empire.—11-13.  
> — 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.24.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.24.13) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.12.55) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.23.13) — Sanskrit

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