— There are two accounts of the Matsya legend in Padma Purana. In the first, it is Kasyapa - a Saptarishi synonymous with Kurma - who rears Matsya, not the Manu Vaivasvata. The story itself is in regards to rescuing the Vedas from the demon Sankha (Hayasiras or Hayagriva in other accounts), not in regards to protection from the deluge or dissolution of the Earth. It is also the sages that return the Vedas to Brahma, not Vishnu (i.e. in other accounts, such as that below, it is usually the horse-headed avatar also called 'Hayagriva', or the fish avatar, that returns the Vedas to Brahma; Part 8: 91.1-11).