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# Matsyapurana 101.78

Matsyapurāṇa 101.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [101.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.101.78)

māghe niśyārdravāsāḥ syāt saptamyāṃ goprado bhavet  
divi kalpamuṣitveha rājā syātpavanaṃ vratam //

> In the month of Mâgha, one who wears wet garments in the night and on the seventh day of the month gives away cows, goes and resides in the heaven for a kalpa, after which he is born as a King. This is (56) Pavana-Vrata.—78.  
> — 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.p60) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.101.78) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p375) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.7.p375) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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