[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v2.c7.s6.162 # The Purana Index v2.c7.s6.162 The Purāṇa Index v2.c7.s6.162 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c7.s6.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6.162) Matsya (ii)—an avatār of Visnu,¹ once during a Pralaya an Asura, Hayagrīva, carried off the Vedas when Hari took the form of a fish with one horn and fell into the palm of the Dravida king Satyavrata, performing ablutions, finding that it outgrew the size of his palm he took it to a pond, it outgrew the size of the pond when it was taken to a lake, it was also too small to hold it, hence after many trials it was taken to the sea, addressed by the king the fish revealed to him his true form and warned him of the Pralaya coming in a week and prepared him to get into a boat to be sent by him and have it tied to its horn, the deluge came and Satyavrata did as was directed, when they were all floating on the sea, Matsya Hari narrated to him the Matsya Purāna, after the deluge Matsya killed the demon, Hayagrīva and recovered the Vedas, through his blessings Satyavrata became Vaivasvata Manu;² appeared to Vaivasvata Manu during deluge, protected Manu and others,³ the form of Visnu worshipped in Ramyaka ⁴ - [Previous: v2.c7.s6.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6.161) - [Next: v2.c7.s6.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6.163) - [Up: v2.c7.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s6.162) · Pramāṇa