[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) › 49.13 # Matsyapurana 49.13 Matsyapurāṇa 49.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.13) bharasva putraṃ duṣyanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām retodhāṃ nayate putraḥ paretaṃ yamasādanāt tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyamāha śakuntalā // > To the King Duṣyanta, an incorporeal Voice thus addressed :—"Mother is like a pair of bellows to the father, from whom the son is born. The son is thus identical with the father. Therefore, O Duṣyanta! foster your son and do not discard Śakuntalâ: The son raises his deceased father back from the hell of Yama to heaven. Thou art the generator of this child. What Śakuntalâ said is true.—12-13. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 49.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.12) - [Next: 49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.14) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.49.p1-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.49.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.13) · Pramāṇa