[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) › 34.26 # Matsyapurana 34.26 Matsyapurāṇa 34.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.26) \*prakṛtaya ūcuḥ yaḥ putro guṇasampanno mātāpitrorhitaḥ sadā sarvaṃ so 'rhati kalyāṇaṃ kanīyānapi sa prabhuḥ // > Then the Commons (Prakṛiti) all assembled there cried out in a chorus: “Indeed, the son, endowed with all the good qualities and who obeys the mandates of his parents, deserves being proclaimed a sovereign, in spite of his being the youngest. O king! Puru, who has done you a good turn, appropriately deserves the kingdom and the sage Śukra has also said so: therefore nothing need now be said about this.”—26-27. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 34.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.25) - [Next: 34.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.27) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.34.p8) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.34.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.80.22) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.67.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.76.6-2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.26) · Pramāṇa