[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) › 7.5 # Matsyapurana 7.5 Matsyapurāṇa 7.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.5) yāvadvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ jarāśokasamākulā tataḥ sā tapasā taptā vasiṣṭhādīnapṛcchata // > After a little more than a century, Diti, the mother of demons, who had practised hard penances like a Ṛiṣi and had become emaciated and aged owing to her living on phalâhâra and regularly keeping up Chândrâyaṇa and other fasts, asked Vasiṣṭha and other sages.—4-5. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.4) - [Next: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.6) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.7.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.7.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.7.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.5) · Pramāṇa