[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) › 72.20 # Matsyapurana 72.20 Matsyapurāṇa 72.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [72.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.20) tena tvaṃ rūpavāñjātaḥ suraśatrukulodvaha vividhā ca rucirjātā yasmāttava vidūragā // > “Some Śudra was worshipping that planet Mars, and you saw the ceremony, on account of which you are so handsome and renowned, O you son of Prahlâda. You are known as Virôchana by the Devas and the Asuras, because you possess various (vi) far-reaching intelligence (Rochi), and hence you are called Virôchana (far-reaching light). I was astonished to see the great beauty possessed by you simply by your looking at the ceremony of Aṅgârakavrata, and consequently I greeted you with the words Sâdhu, Sâdhu, thinking of the great mahâtmya of that vrata. When, by merely looking at that ceremony, one gets beauty and lordliness as yours, I do not know what would be the case if a man were to observe this ordinance.”—19-22. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 72.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.19) - [Next: 72.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.21) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.72.p16) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.24.36) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.20) · Pramāṇa