Matsyapurana 53.50

53.50

śrutīnāṃ yatra kalpādau pravṛttyarthaṃ janārdanaḥ
matsyarūpeṇa manave narasiṃhopavarṇanam //

16. *The Matsya Purâṇa*.—The Purâṇa in which the Lord has related the glory of Nṛisiṁha to Vaivasvata Manu, at the beginning of the Kalpa, with a view to propagate the Śrutis, in the form of a fish, and in which the Lord has also described about the seven Kalpas, is known, O sages, as the Mâtsya Purâṇa. It contains 14,000 ślokas.—49-50.