[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) › 17.64 # Matsyapurana 17.64 Matsyapurāṇa 17.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.64) bhāryāvirahito 'pyetat pravāsastho 'pi bhaktimān śūdro 'pyamantravatkuryād anena vidhinā budhaḥ // > This form of Sâdhâraṇâ śrâddha can be performed even by those, who have not been invested with the sacred thread, those who are in a foreign country and have not their wives with them. The Sûdras may also perform it without reciting any sacred formulae.—63-64. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.63) - [Next: 17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.65) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.17.p37) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.17.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.596) — R. S. Sharma, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.64) · Pramāṇa