vaishnav sampraday se sambandhit 'matsy puran' vrat, parv, tirth, dan, rajadharm aur vastu kala ki drishti se ek atyant mahattvapoorn puran hai. is puran ki shlok sankhya chaudah hazar hai. ise do sau ikyanave adhyayoan mean vibhajit kiya gaya hai. is puran ke pratham adhyay mean 'matsyavatar' ke katha hai. usi katha ke adhar par isaka yah nam p da hai. prarambh mean pralay kal mean poorv ek chhoti machhali manu maharaj ki aanjali mean a jati hai. ve daya karake use apane kamandal mean dal lete haian. kintu vah machhali shanai:-shanaishh apana akar badhati jati hai. sarovar aur nadi bhi usake lie chhoti p d jati hai. tab manu use sagar mean chho d dete haian aur usase poochhate haian ki vah kaun hai?
pralay kal
bhagavan matsy manu ko batate haian ki pralay kal mean mere siang mean apani nauka ko baandhakar surakshit le jana aur srishti ki rachana karana. ve bhagavan ke 'matsy avatar' ko pahachan kar unaki stuti karate haian. manu pralay kal mean matsy bhagavan dvara apani suraksha karate haian. phir brahma dvara manasi srishti hoti hai. kintu apani us srishti ka koee parinam n dekhakar daksh prajapati maithuni-srishti se srishti ka vikas karate haian.
sanbandhit lekh
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