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# Matsyapurana 47.52

Matsyapurāṇa 47.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.52)

tadā viṣṇusahāyena mahendreṇa nivartitaḥ  
hato dhvaje mahendreṇa māyācchannastu yogavit  
dhvajalakṣaṇamāviśya vipracittiḥ sahānujaḥ //

> In the Vṛitra-nâśaka war, Indra, by the help.of Viṣṇu, killed Vṛitrâsura, who was sided with by men, Pitṛis and Devas and then He also killed most fearful Dânavas in the Dhâtṛi and Hâlâhala wars. He killed the Daitya Viprachit in the Kolâhala war, which was an offshoot of the Saṇḍâ Marka wars that ensued between the Devas and the Daityas over the right of Avabhṛitha bath; when Viprachit was hiding himself with the army of Dânavas under his banner.—51-53.  
> — 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.47.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.52) — English, machine translation

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