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# Matsyapurana 36.4

Matsyapurāṇa 36.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.36.4)

\*śakra uvāca  
yadā sa pūrustava rūpeṇa rājañ jarāṃ gṛhītvā pracacāra loke  
tadā rājyaṃ sampradāyaiva tasmai tvayā kimuktaḥ kathayeha satyam //

> Indra.—"King! tell me plainly what you said to your son, Puru (who taking your old age roamed about the world), at the time of his coronation?"—4.  
> — 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.36.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.36.4) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.82.4) — Sanskrit

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