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Matsya Purana 246.8

Matsyapurāṇa 246.8

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246.8

dhārayatyakhilān devo mantrādīṃśca mahāsuraḥ.
iyameva jagaddheto_ māyā kṛṣṇasya gahvarī .. 246.8 ..

On being thus questioned by Bali, Śukra said after a deep meditation:—‘Lord Hari has been born as Vāmana in the house of Kaśyapa and He is coming to your sacrifice. This earth is trembling on account of the thumping of His feet. For the same reason the planets are quivering, the oceans are being agitated. This land cannot bear His weight. The Devas, the Gandharvas, the demons, the Yakṣas, the Kinnaras united cannot bear the weight of Viṣṇu. He is holding this earth, therefore this earth is sustaining fire, water, sky, air, all the Manus, etc. He is the sustainer and the sustained, He is now tormenting this earth, it is the thick Mâyâ of Śrīkṛiṣṇa that is the cause of this world.—3-8

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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