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# Matsyapurana 102.2

Matsyapurāṇa 102.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [102.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.102.2)

anuddhṛtairuddhṛtairvā jalaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret  
tīrthaṃ ca kalpayedvidvān mūlamantreṇa mantravit  
namo nārāyaṇāyeti mūlamantra udāhṛtaḥ //

> "Om Namo Nârâyaṇâya" is the principal mantra, by the recitation of which the tîrtha should be conceived in the water in which bath is to be taken, whether that water is taken out from the main source (\*e.g.\*, river), or well, tank, etc.—2.  
> — 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.102.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.102.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.3.p12) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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