[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) › 40.1 # Matsyapurana 40.1 Matsyapurāṇa 40.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.1) \*aṣṭaka uvāca carangṛhasthaḥ kathameti devān kathaṃ bhikṣuḥ katham ācāryakarmā vānaprasthaḥ satpathe saṃniviṣṭo bahūnyasmin samprati vedayanti // > Aṣṭaka.—"O King! Be good enough, to tell me how does a householder go to the Devas in the Heaven world, and how do a Sanyâsi and a Brahmachâri reach them? Similarly how does a Vânaprastha attain the heavens?"—1. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 39.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.39.28) - [Next: 40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.2) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.40.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.40.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.86.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.1) · Pramāṇa