[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) › 5.7 # Matsyapurana 5.7 Matsyapurāṇa 5.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.7) te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātāḥ sarvato diśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrādiva sindhavaḥ // > “On hearing the above words of the Sage Nârada, the sons of Dakṣa started to survey the length and breadth of the universe, and ultimately lost themselves, as the rivers do when they fall into the ocean. They have not returned unto this day.”—7. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.6) - [Next: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.8) - [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.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.5.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.6.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.94) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.6) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.7) · Pramāṇa