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# Matsyapurana 17.1

Matsyapurāṇa 17.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.1)

\*sūta uvāca  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi viṣṇunā yadudīritam  
śrāddhaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ nāma bhuktimuktiphalapradam //

> Sûta said: I shall now relate to you what Lord Viṣṇu said about the general ritual of Śrâddha (applicable to all whether they keep sacred fire or not), that gives prosperity and emancipation.—1.  
> — 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.17.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.17.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.9.123) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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