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# Matsyapurana 69.1

Matsyapurāṇa 69.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [69.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.69.1)

\*matsya uvāca  
purā rathaṃtare kalpe paripṛṣṭo mahātmanā  
mandarastho mahādevaḥ pinākī brahmaṇā svayam //

> The Lord said :—In the past, during the Rathantara Kalpa, Brahmâ asked Śiva on the summit of the Mandarâchala Mountain.—1.  
> — 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.69.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.69.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.23.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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