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# Matsyapurana 104.4

Matsyapurāṇa 104.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [104.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.104.4)

\*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
kathayiṣyāmi te vatsa yacchreṣṭhaṃ tatra yatphalam  
purā hi sarvaviprāṇāṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam //

> How should people go to the sacred place of Prayâga? Pray also tell me what benefits do they reap who die, bathe and live there?—2. Mârkaṇḍeya said :—Son ! I shall tell you the chief benefits from a pilgrimage to Prayâga, as I have heard them from the good sages in the past.—3.  
> — 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.104.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.104.4) — English, machine translation

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