[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 16.22 # Matsyapurana 16.22 Matsyapurāṇa 16.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.22) gomayenopalipte tu dakṣiṇapravaṇe sthale śrāddhaṃ samācaredbhaktyā goṣṭhe vā jalasaṃnidhau // > Srâddha should be performed near a cow-pen or by a pool of water, after plastering the floor, which should be sloping towards the south, with cowdung. One who consecrates and maintains the sacred fire, should cook rice (charu), and after offering with equal handfuls and saying ("I am offering to the Piṭris)," should place everything toward the south.--22-23. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.21) - [Next: 16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.23) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.16.p8) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.16.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.22) · Pramāṇa