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Matsya Purana 246.59

Matsyapurāṇa 246.59

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Sanskrit

246.59

mukhaṃ vaiśvanāraścāsya vṛṣaṇau tu prajāpatiḥ.
hṛdayañca paraṃ brahma puṃstvaṃ vai kaśyapo muniḥ .. 246.59 ..

He had the Sun and the Moon for His eyes, the heaven was His forehead, the earth became His feet, the demons were the fingers of His feet, the Guhyakas the fingers of His hand, the Viśvedevas in His knees, Sādhya Devas in His ankles, the Yakṣas in His fingernails, the nymphs in His streaks, all the solar rays in His hairs of the head, stars in His eyes and hairs, the Ṛiṣis in His small hair over the body Similarly His arms were the intermediate directions, ears were the directions in which were enshrined Aśvanî Kumârs, the wind was located in the nose, the Moon in His cheerfulness, Dharma in His mind, Truth in His speech, the Goddess Sarasvatî in His tongue, the Divine mother Aditî in his neck, the knowledge in His wrists, Maitra on top of the skull, the door to Heaven, Tvaṣṭâ and Puṣâ in His eye-brows, Agni was the mouth, Prajâpati the testicles, Para Brahma the heart, the sage Kaśyapa His manliness, Vasus the back, Marudgaṇa in all the joints, the Sûktas and the Ṛichas the teeth, planets and stars in His lustre Lord Śiva was in His chest, the ocean was the forbearance, the valiant Gandharvas were the stomach, the Goddess Lakṣmî, Intellect (Medha), Steadiness (Dhṛiti), Lustre (Kânti) and all Knowledge (Vidyâ) were in the waist Then supernatural strength and energy came to that Being and the Munis saw that in His belly, breasts were the Vedas, in His belly, the great sacrifices and the loins were the eyes The demons also saw that Form composed of the Devas and they were also blessed They all were attracted to Him like the insects in the fire of His glory and Lord Vâmana assuming the huge form rubbed the sole of His feet, as if He was bringing the destruction of the race of the demons—53 65

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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