[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) › 27.35 # Matsyapurana 27.35 Matsyapurāṇa 27.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.35) yadyahaṃ stuvatastāta duhitā pratigṛhṇataḥ prasādayiṣye śarmiṣṭhām ityuktā hi sakhī mayā // \*śukra uvāca stuvato duhitā na tvaṃ bhadre na pratigṛhṇataḥ atastvaṃ stūyamānasya duhitā devayānyasi // > Is it true, that I am merely a singer in the palace of the Daityas, for Śarmiṣṭha, the daughter of Vṛṣparvan tells me so. She, with harsh and sharp words and eyes red with anger, spoke :—‘I am the daughter of a king, who is praised by thy father and who gives gifts to him, but accepts nothing from any body and whilst thou art the daughter of him who sings the praises of my father and begs and accepts gifts from him.’ Thus said Śarmiṣṭhâ, the daughter Vṛṣaparvan, with eyes red with anger and face flushed with pride. Father, I then said to Śarmiṣṭhâ that if I were the daughter of a panegyrist, and a beggar, I would also please her similarly.”—31-35. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam > Śukra said, “O child ! thou art not the daughter of a panegyrist or of a beggar ; on the other hand, thou art the daughter of one who is always praised by others, O Devayâni. King Vṛṣaparvan knows that my pure, matchless and inconceivable spirituality is my power ; so also know Indra and King Yayâti.—36-37. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.34) - [Next: 27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.37) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.27.p14) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.27.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.73.34) — Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.26.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.35) · Pramāṇa