Deity

摩蹉

मत्स्यMatsya

verses
1,086
books
23
chapters
354
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毗湿奴
One of
十大化身

What the texts say

In the Matsya Purana, Matsya is the fish form Vishnu assumed, and the work opens by asking why he took it. Matsya Purana 1.1, 1.7 The Padma Purana says that Vishnu, in the form of a fish, slew the demon Shankha and safeguarded the Vedas. Padma Purana 5.22.33 In the Matsya Purana, the compassionate king Manu shelters a small fish in his hand, and in one night in a jar it grows three hand-spans. Matsya Purana 1.18, 1.20 In the Bhagavata Purana, the fish tells Manu to board the boat with the seven sages, and promises to pull it through the waters of devastation. Bhagavatam 8.24.34, 8.24.37 In the Mahabharata, the fish brings the boat to the highest peak of Himavat, the Himalayas. Mahabharata 3.185.44 After the flood, the Matsya Purana says, this Purana was spoken in the form of Matsya to Manu. Matsya Purana 2.20

Where to read

Every verse that names 摩蹉, book by book.

  1. Matsya Purana

    761 verses · 153 chapters

    All 761 verses in the Matsya Purana
    • 2.3

      摩蹉说道：“从今日起，大地将不再降雨；整整一百年乃至更久，将兴起可怖的饥馑，带来不祥。”

    • 16.4

      摩伽鱼尊（Matsya）说道：应当日日行施罗陀（śrāddha）——以熟食等供品，或仅以清水，或以乳、根茎与果实——由此令诸祖灵（Pitṛs）获得满足。

    • 167.1

      摩鱼说：当世界化为唯一大海时，大光明主那罗延显现为天鹅，以水覆盖大地，安卧其中。

  2. Skanda Purana

    76 verses · 48 chapters

    All 76 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 6.1.263.45

      见那鱼处于“吽（huṃ）”音之胎中，摩诃伊湿伐罗以炽盛威光令其凝止，继而说道如下之言。

    • 1.1.33.15

      随后，那行径恶劣的普什迦萨从树上爬下；来到如水般铺展的水域，他便开始屠杀群鱼。

    • 1.2.13.194

      Pārada（汞、流银）称为“湿婆女神（Śivā Devī）”，亦名“三目者（Tryambaka）”。鱼形等诸相为“经典之林伽（Śāstra-liṅga）”，亦名“Vṛṣākapi”。

  3. Bhagavatam

    62 verses · 16 chapters

    All 62 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 8.24.2

      至上主为何为达何目的而取世人所厌、属昏暗之性且多苦的鱼形，仿佛受业力拘束的众生一般？主啊，愿您如实为我等开示；聆听“至美颂者”之行传，能为一切世界带来安乐与吉祥。

    • 10.40.17

      顶礼于创世之因的摩蹉（Matsya）主，游行于劫坏之海者；顶礼于马首（Hayagrīva/Hayashīrṣa）主，诛灭摩度与凯塔婆者；顶礼于广大之龟（Kūrma）主，承托曼陀罗山者；顶礼于野猪化身（Varāha）主，欢喜举起大地者。

    • 1.3.15

      在恰克舒沙摩奴时期之后洪水滔天、世界尽没于水时，主取鱼（摩蹉）之形，使毗婆斯瓦塔摩奴登舟而护持之。

  4. Padma Purana

    32 verses · 29 chapters

    All 32 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 1.3.29

      于是他了知当现毗湿奴之相，为以自身神威托举大地，便入于另一身——野猪之身（婆罗诃），如先前曾示现鱼与龟等化身。

    • 1.75.90

      重重顶礼于汝，示现鱼身者；顶礼于汝，示现龟形者。顶礼于汝，示现人狮之相者；复又顶礼于汝，示现侏儒婆摩那之相者。

    • 2.19.70

      顶礼于全知的摩蹉（鱼）化身；顶礼于您，噢罗摩。顶礼于黑天克里希那；顶礼于佛陀；顶礼于摧灭“弥勒叉”——不敬正法之蛮横邪众者。

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where 摩蹉 matters most.

  1. Matsya-avatāra: The Lord as Fish Saves the Vedas and Guides Satyavrata

    Bhagavatam 8.24 · 43 verses

    Avatāra and rescuer

  2. Intermediate Dissolution (Antarakṣaya), Matsya’s Rescue of Manu, and the Opening Outline of Creation Topics

    Matsya Purana 2 · 12 verses

    Teacher and preserver

  3. Śrāddha Procedure: Types, Eligible Guests, Exclusions, and the Pārvaṇa-Anvāhāryaka Rite

    Matsya Purana 16 · 15 verses

    Teacher and ritual authority

  4. Nārāyaṇa as Haṃsa in the Cosmic Ocean: Vedic Yajña-Puruṣa and Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision within Pralaya

    Matsya Purana 167 · 12 verses

    Primary teacher-narrator in dialogue with Manu

  5. Soma, the Pitṛs, and the Science of Śrāddha: Why Purūravas Ascends on Amāvāsyā + Parva-Sandhi Time Rules

    Matsya Purana 141 · 10 verses

    Primary teacher

  6. War of Devas and Asuras; Birth of Aurva Fire; Countering Tamasī Māyā through Soma

    Matsya Purana 175 · 9 verses

    Primary narrator and theological guide to Manu

  7. Rite and Layout for Consecrating Ponds, Wells, and Water-Reservoirs (Taḍāga-vidhi)

    Matsya Purana 58 · 9 verses

    Primary teacher

  8. Saubhagya-Śayana Vow: Lalitā/Gaurī-Śiva Worship, Saubhāgya-Aṣṭaka Offerings, and Bed Donation

    Matsya Purana 60 · 9 verses

    Primary teacher-narrator

  9. Brahmā-Gāyatrī as a Divine Pair and the Early Genealogies of Creation (Manu to Dakṣa)

    Matsya Purana 4 · 8 verses

    Teacher-narrator

  10. Catalogue of the Eighteen Puranas, Their Measures, and the Dharma of Donating Sacred Texts

    Matsya Purana 53 · 8 verses

    Divine preserver of śāstra during pralaya

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