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# Matsyapurana 72.24

Matsyapurāṇa 72.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.24)

\*īśvara uvāca  
atha tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ  
prahrādanandano vīraḥ punaḥ papraccha vismitaḥ //

> Śiva said:—“On hearing those words of Śukra, Virôchana was very much astonished and asked him.”—24.  
> — 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.72.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.24) — English, machine translation

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