[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) › 5.3 # Matsyapurana 5.3 Matsyapurāṇa 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.3) prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayambhuvā yathā sasarja caivādau tathaiva śṛṇuta dvijāḥ // > "Hear, O sages! I shall now relate to you how Dakṣa introduced a new system of creation at the injunction of Brahmâ."—3. Dakṣa begot thousands of issues from his wife, Pânchajanî, when he saw that the Devas, the Ṛiṣis, and the serpents, etc., created from the mind of the Creator, had not the same faculty to help the growth of creation.—4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.5.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.5.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.85) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.15.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.5.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.3) · Pramāṇa