The Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre...

first. The Linga Purana, the Narada Purana, the Shiva Purana, the Varaha Purana, the Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana also mention Matsya as the first of...

The Matsya Puranam Pt. 2. Basu, B. D. (1916). The Matsya Puranam. pp. 281. Wilson, Horace Hayman (1864). The Vishnu Purana. Trübner. The Vishnu Purana (abridged ed...

Puranic scriptures including the Shiva Purana, the Kalika Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Matsya Purana, Kama is one of the mind-born sons of...

the Vayu Purana, Matsya Purana, and Aditya Upa Purana admit the Devi Bhagavata Purana as a Mahapurana, whereas the Padma Purana, Garuda Purana and Kurma...

Varahi is said to represent the vice of envy (asuya) in the same Purana. The Matsya Purana tells a different story of the origin of Varahi. Varahi, with...

various Hindu texts, including the Matsya Purāṇa, the Kūrma Purāṇa, the Liṅga Purāṇa, the Padma Purana, and the Shiva Purana. He is believed to have one thousand...

of the Dravida kingdom during the epoch of the Matsya Purana. According to the Matsya Purana, Matsya, the avatara of Vishnu, first appeared as a shaphari...

became His feet... —  Matsya Purana (translated by A. Taluqdar, 1916), Chapter CCXLVI (246), Verses 45-53 In the Matsya Purana, three chapters are dedicated...

Bhagavata Purana as well as Devi Purana. — Shiva Purana Uma Samhita, Chapter 44, verse 129 As mentioned in the Matsya Purana, the Bhagavata Purana is contain...

refers to four Puranas which mention the Buddha in 9th position: Varaha Purana 4.2; Matsya Purana 285.6-7; Agni Purana 49.8; Bhagavata Purana X.40.22 and...

ISBN 81-246-0234-4. The Matsya Puranam P-I (B.D. Basu) English Translation Ch #5, Page 17 Matsya Purana (Sanskrit) Ch #5, Sloka 10-12 Matsya Purana (Sanskrit) Ch...

The narrative of Kacha is mentioned in the Mahābhārata, the Matsya Purana and the Agni Purana. He is known for learning Mṛtasañjīvanī vidyā mantra (a hymn...

other Puranas (like the Brahma Purana, the Bhagavata Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Padma Purana, the Venkatacala Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, the Vishnudharmottara...

include the Vayu Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Brahmanda Purana, the Devi Bhagavata Purana, and the Padma Purana. The Matsya Purana narrates that the...

the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According to this...

Matsya Purana, the Kurma Purana, the Vishnu Purana, and the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which is present day Kerala. The Vishnu Purana...

the Thirty-three gods. The Vamana Purana describes the Rudras as the sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. The Matsya Purana notes that Surabhi – the mother of...

refers to four Purana's which mention the Buddha in 9th position: Varaha Purana 4.2; Matsya Purana 285.6-7; Agni Purana 49.8; Bhagavata Purana X.40.22 and...

Kanda of the Ramayana also refers to northern Rishikas. According to Matsya Purana the Rishikas were descendants of the Rishis, or inspired poets. Verses...

to the Purāṇas". Shiva Purana IV. 17.47–57. Matsya Purana 154.547. Linga Purana Varāha Purana 23.18–59. For summary of Brahmavaivarta Purana, Ganesha...

chapter 49 of the Agni Purana, chapter 2.5.16 of the Shiva Purana, chapter 54 of the Matsya Purana and various minor Puranas. Chapters 92 through 109...

Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...

include Markandeya Purana, Matsya Purana (which contains the most extensive account), Vayu Purana and Brahmanda Purana. Other Puranas give her slightly...

Kurma Purana (1.15.18-72), Matsya Purana (161-163), Padma Purana (5.42), Shiva Purana (2.5.43 & 3.10-12), Linga Purana (1.95-96) and Skanda Purana (2.18...

Āḍi (Sanskrit: आडि) is an Asura in Hindu mythology who appears in the Matsya Purāṇa. He was the son of the demon Andhaka, who was killed by the god Shiva...

Puranas and many other historic texts. Vyasa recited it to Suta, who then recited to the rishis in Naimisharanya. The Skanda Purana and Matsya Purana...

of Madhya Pradesh has been mentioned in the Matsya and the Kurma Puranas. The Matsya and the Padma Puranas declare: The junction of the Kaveri and Narmada...

the Thirty-three gods. The Vamana Purana describes the Rudras as the sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. The Matsya Purana notes that Surabhi – the mother of...

is offered the epithets Vimala Devi and Yogamaya. The Vishnudharmottara Purana describes the deity as Gandhari (the power of illusion pertaining to Vishnu)...