[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) › 19.3 # Matsyapurana 19.3 Matsyapurāṇa 19.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.3) \*sūta uvāca vasūnvadanti ca pitṝn rudrāṃścaiva pitāmahān prapitāmahāṃstathādityān ityevaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ // > Sûta said:—It is written in the Veda that the eight Vasus are the Pitṛis, the eleven Rudras are the Pitâmahas, and the twelve Âdityas are the Prapitâmahas. The recitation of name and clan of the Pitṛis by means of the sacred formula with devotion, carries the offerings made to the Pitṛis:—3-4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.2) - [Next: 19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.4) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.19.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.19.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.284) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p187) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p187) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.3) · Pramāṇa