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According to the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Aryavarta ( North India ) and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded with him to save its life.

He put it in a jar, which it soon outgrew.

He then moved it to a tank, a river and then finally the ocean but to no avail.

The fish then revealed himself to be Vishnu and told him that a deluge would occur within seven days that would destroy all life.

Therefore, Satyavrata was instructed to take " all medicinal herbs, all the varieties of seeds, and accompanied by the seven saints ” along with the serpent Vasuki and other animals.

Lord Matsya is generally represented as a four-armed figure with the upper torso of a man and the lower of a fish.

His consort is Shri.