[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) › 55.16 # Matsyapurana 55.16 Matsyapurāṇa 55.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.16) namo 'stu pāśāṅkuśaśūlapadmakapālasarpendudhanurdharāya gajāsurānaṅgapurāndhakādivināśamūlāya namaḥ śivāya // > Afterwards the devotee should pray to Śiva: “O, Lord! armed with a noose, a hook, a trident, a lotus, a human skull; and the wearer of the snake and the moon and the bow, I salute Thee. O Lord! the destructor of Gaja, Demons, Cupid and Pura and Andhaka, etc., I salute Thee.”—16. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.15) - [Next: 55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.17) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.55.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.55.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.54.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.16) · Pramāṇa