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# Matsyapurana 30.9

Matsyapurāṇa 30.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.9)

\*devayānyuvāca  
ākhyāsyāmyaham ādatsva vacanaṃ me narādhipa  
śuko nāmāsuraguruḥ sutāṃ jānīhi tasya mām //

> Devayânî replied:--"King! Hear what I say. I am the daughter of the Sage Śukra who is preceptor of the Asuras and she is my maid-in-chief, Śarmiṣṭhâ, the daughter of Vṛiṣaparvan, the mighty king of the Dânavas. She always accompanies me wherever I go."--9-10.  
> — 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.30.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.30.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.76.8) — Sanskrit

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