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Matsya Purana शृतीनां यत्र कल्पादौ प्रवृत्यर्थं जनार्दनः। मत्स्यरूपॆण मनवै नरसिंहस्य वर्णनं॥ श्रधिकृत्याब्रवीत् सप्त कल्पवृत्तं मुनिव्रताः। तन्मास्तमिति जानीध्वं सहस्रारायथ विंशति॥ That in which, for the sake of promulgating the Vedas, Vishnu, in the beginning of a, related to Manu, the story of Narasimha and the events of seven Kalpas, that O sages, know to be the Matsya Purana, containing twenty thousand verses. The Matsya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapuranas), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature. The text is a Vaishnava text named after the fish avatar of Vishnu. The Matsya Purana has survived into the modern era in many versions, varying in the details but almost all of the published versions have 291 chapters. The text is notable for providing one of earliest known definition of a Purana genre of literature. A history written with five characteristics is called a Purana, states Matsya Purana, otherwise it is called Akhyana. These five characteristics are cosmogony describing its theory of primary creation of the universe, chronological description of secondary creations wherein the universe goes through the cycle of birth-life-death, genealogy and mythology of gods and goddesses, Manvantaras, legends of kings and people including solar and lunar dynasties. The Matsya Purana is also notable for being encyclopedic in the topics it covers. Along with the five topics the text defines a Purana to be, it includes mythology, a guide for building art work such as paintings and sculpture, features and design guidelines for temples, objects and house architecture (Vastu-shastra), various types of Yoga, duties and ethics (Dharma) with multiple chapters on the value of Dāna (charity), both Shiva and Vishnu related festivals, geography particularly around the Narmada river, pilgrimage, duties of a king and good government and other topics. The text and tradition asserts that Matsya Purana had 20,000 verses. However, extant manuscripts contain between 13,000 to 15,000 verses. The Padma Purana categorizes Matsya Purana as a Tamas Purana, or one that glorifies Shiva.

The Purana narrates the story of Matsya, the first of ten major Avatars of Vishnu. The text describes a Pralaya - the mythology of a great flood, where in the world and humans led by Manu, the seeds of all plants and mobile living beings, as well as its knowledge books (Vedas) were saved by the Matsya avatar of Vishnu. Temple design The Matsya Purana, along with the texts such as Brihat Samhita, are among the oldest surviving texts with numerous sections on temple, sculpture and artwork designs. The Purana describes 20 styles of Hindu temples, such as, and Kailasa designs. The text lays out guidelines on foundation, spaces within the core temple where people visit, and then the spire (Vimana or Shikhara). The Matsya Purana in other chapters presents its theories on layout of towns and public works such as water reservoirs.