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# Matsyapurana 102.6

Matsyapurāṇa 102.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [102.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.102.6)

nandinītyeva te nāma deveṣu nalinīti ca  
dakṣā pṛthvī ca vihagā viśvakāyāmṛtā śivā //

> O Ganges! the Devas call Thee Nandinî, Nalinî, Dakṣhâ, Prithwî, Vihagâ, Viśvakâyâ, Amritâ, Śivâ, Vidyâdharî, Suprasântâ, Viśva-prasâdinî, Kṣemâ, Jâhnavî, Śântâ, Śântipradâyanî; these, too, are thy epithets; and one who recites these sacred names with true devotion, at the time of his bath, finds Tripathagâminî (going three ways) Ganga there."—6-8.  
> — 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.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.102.6) — English, machine translation

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