The Purana Index v3.c9.s3.213

v3.c9.s3.213

*Satyavrata* (I)—a Rājarsi of Draviḍadeśa, born as the son of Vivasvat, the future Vaivasvata Manu, once when he was performing his ablutions a fish fell into his hands. He reared it in a jar and as it grew big it was left in a pond. It grew bigger and was taken to a number of lakes and rivers and finally to the sea. Addressed by the king the fish revealed his true form and warned him against the forthcoming deluge. During the floods Satyavrata, as directed by Matsya Hari, got with the sages, into the ark, creepers and plants and seeds and tied the ship to the horn of the fish His praise of Hari, heard the Matsya Purāṇa saṃhitā from Hari and after the deluge became Vaivasvata Manu, (s v.),¹ a mahātmā.²