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# Matsyapurana 101.55

Matsyapurāṇa 101.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [101.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.101.55)

vatsaraṃ tvekabhaktāśī sabhakṣyajalakumbhadaḥ  
śivaloke vasetkalpaṃ prāptivratamidaṃ smṛtam //

> One who lives upon only one meal a day for a year, and then gives away a pitcher of water, along with various kinds of eatables, resides in the dominion of Śiva for a kalpa. This is (34) Prâpti-Vrata.—55.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.101.p34) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.101.55) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p353) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.7.p353) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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