अध्याय १४९
श्लोक 1
मत्स्य-पुराण १४९ सुरासुराणां सम्मर्दस् तस्मिन्नत्यन्तदारुणे तुमुलो ऽतिमहानासीत् सेनयोरुभयोरपि
matsya-purāṇa 149 surāsurāṇāṃ sammardas tasminnatyantadāruṇe tumulo 'timahānāsīt senayorubhayorapi
हिन्दी अर्थ
अङ्गिरा बृहदुक्थश्च वामदेवस्तथैव च। परस्परमवैवाह्या इत्येते परिकीर्तिताः रथीतराणां प्रवरास्त्रयार्षयाः परिकीर्तिताः। विष्णुसिद्धिः शिवमतिर्जतृणः कतृणस्तथा। पुत्रवश्च महातेजास्तथा वैरपरायणः
English
Now listen bow it should be given away, king! First a cloth made of good goat wool should be spread on the floor waslicd with cow-dung. Over it should be spread the skin of a black deer containing its horns and hoofs. The gold mounted horns, silver mounted teeth and the tail-end decorated with pearls sliould be covered with sesatnurn. Then everything should be covered with a piece of fine sacred cloth. Oold is to bo placed on the navel. Afterwards it should also be decorated with jewels according to the means of the devotee and then incense is to be burnt round this. At all its four corners vessels of bell-mctal (kfinsS.) should be placed and the clay pots on the eastern side should be filled in with clarified butter,