[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c6.55 # The Geography of the Puranas c6.55 The Geography of the Purāṇas c6.55 - **Language:** English ### [c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.55) After the usual dialogue between Sūta and the Ṛṣis this Purāṇa opens with an account of the Matsya or the ‘Fish Avatāra’ of Viṣṇu in which he preserves a king named Manu as well as the seeds of all things in an arc from the waters of that inundation which in the season of a \*Pralaya\* overspreads the world. The contents of this Purāṇa have many words and much material found also in works like the Mahābhārata, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and the Padma Purāṇa. - [Previous: c6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.54) - [Next: c6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.56) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6) ## Linked texts (3) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.55) · Pramāṇa