Matsya Purana 273.49
Matsyapurāṇa 273.49
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273.49
kṣayameva gamiṣyanti kṣīṇaśeṣā yugakṣaye.
yasminkṛṣṇo divaṃ yātastasminneva tadāhani .. 273.48
Thus towards the end of the age, the few weaklings that will remain on earth will also go to extinction —49a
On that very day and in that very moment when Kṛiṣṇa went to heaven, the Kali Yuga commenced on earth Now listen to its duration from me The wise say that its duration is 400,000 years —50
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (4)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
- Bhāgavatamāhātmya — Kṛṣṇacandra, Sanskrit
- Matsya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — Pargiter 1922, English