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# Matsyapurana 53.16

Matsyapurāṇa 53.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.16)

vārāhakalpavṛttāntam adhikṛtya parāśaraḥ  
yatprāha dharmānakhilāṃs tadyuktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ viduḥ //

> (3) \*The Viṣṇu Purâṇa\*.—Similarly, the rules of virtue laid down by Parâśara, for the period when there was the Varâha incarnation of Viṣṇu, in the beginning of Varâha Kalpa, form the Viṣṇu Purâṇa.—16.  
> — 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.53.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.16) — English, machine translation

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