Prachandathandavaapo prakshipta ena diggajaah,
Bhavantu vighna bhangaaya bhavasya charanaambujaah/
(May the Lotus feet of Bhagavan Shankara protect us from all kinds of obstacles, as He throws away huge and fierce elephants while performing ‘Prachanda Thandava’ or tempestuous Shiva dance). Patalaadutpatishnor makara vasatayo yasya puchhaabhighaata-
durdhvam Brahmaanda khanda vyatikara vihitwyatyayena patanti/
Vishno Matsyaavataarey Vasumatee –mandalam vyasruvaana-
tasyasyodeeritaanaam dhvanirapaharataadisrayam vah shrutinaam/

(As Bhagavan Vishnu incarnated as ‘Matsyaavatara’, the powerful whack of the huge tail of the gigantic fish on the deep ocean wobbled and tossed Prithvi (Earth) up and down; may the resounding sound of Shrutis (Vedas) that emerged from the Lord’s mouth devastate all the ‘Amangalta’ or inauspiciousness !)

Maha Muni Suta while addressing a massive congregation of Rishis at Naimisharanya described the Matsya Purana as follows:

Punyam Pavitramaayuashya midaaneem Shrinut Dwijaah,
Matsyam Purana Makhilam Yajjagaat Gadaa dhararah/

(Matsya Purana is Punyaprada (propitious), Parama Pavitra (highly sacred), and Ayurvardhak (Life Extending).