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# Matsyapurana 22.79

Matsyapurāṇa 22.79

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.22.79)

satyaṃ tīrthaṃ dayā tīrthaṃ tīrthamindriyanigrahaḥ  
varṇāśramāṇāṃ gehe 'pi tīrthaṃ tu samudāhṛtam //

> Satya tîrtha (observance of truth), Dayâ tîrtha (performance of charity), Indriyanigraha (control of passions) should be considered as tîrthas even by those who cannot leave their homes for purposes of pilgrimage—80.  
> — 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.22.p19) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.22.79) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.11.81) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.21.80) — Sanskrit

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