[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) › 16.25-29 # Matsyapurana 16.25-29 Matsyapurāṇa 16.25-29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.25) darvītrayaṃ tu kurvīta khādiraṃ rajatānvitam ratnimātraṃ pariślakṣṇaṃ hastākārāgramuttamam // > He should prepare three ladles made of khadira wood and inlaid with silver, / measuring a cubit, very smooth, excellent, with tips shaped like hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Three silver-mounted, smooth ladles, of acacia catechu, measuring one hand in length with closed fist, and having the form of the palm of hand at the end, should be made. After putting the sacred thread over the right shoulder, the person performing Śrâddha should put a water goblet, and a vessel of bell-metal, and mekṣaṇa (name of a sacrificial vessel), sacrificial wood, Kuśa, sesamum, leaf plates, sandal, new cloth and scent, incense, and sandal paste towards the south. After thus putting together the articles for worship, the worshipper should draw a circle by the urine of cow on the floor plastered with cowdung, and there he should worship the circle with unhusked rice and flowers. The worshipper should then wash the feet of his Brâhmaṇa guests with great respect and courtesy, and after offering them water for rinsing their mouth, should seat them on the kuśa mattings.—25-29. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam ### [16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.26) udapātraṃ ca kāṃsyaṃ ca mekṣaṇaṃ ca samitkuśān tilāḥ pātrāṇi sadvāso gandhadhūpānulepanam // > A water-vessel, bronze, a stirring spoon, sacrificial wood, kuśa grass, / sesame seeds, vessels, good cloth, fragrances, incense, and ointment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.27) āharedapasavyaṃ tu sarvaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ śanaiḥ evamāsādya tatsarvaṃ bhavanasyāgrato bhuvi // > over the right shoulder, slowly toward the south, he should bring all of it. / Having thus arranged everything before the house upon the ground > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.28) gomayenopaliptāyāṃ gomūtreṇa tu maṇḍalam akṣatābhiḥ sapuṣpābhis tadabhyarcyāpasavyavat // > smeared with cow dung, \[he should draw\] a circle with cow urine; / having worshipped it with unbroken grains and flowers over his right shoulder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.29) viprāṇāṃ kṣālayet pādāv abhinandya punaḥ punaḥ āsaneṣūpakḷpteṣu darbhavatsu vidhānavat // > he should wash the feet of the vipras, welcoming them again and again. / On the seats prepared with darbha grass according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.16.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.16.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.2-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.25-29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.25-29) · Pramāṇa