[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) › 53.17 # Matsyapurana 53.17 Matsyapurāṇa 53.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.17) tadāṣāḍhe ca yo dadyād ghṛtadhenusamanvitam paurṇamāsyāṃ vipūtātmā sa padaṃ yāti vāruṇam trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ tatpramāṇaṃ vidurbudhāḥ // > That Purâṇa contains 23,000 ślokas, and one who gives it away in charity, along with a cow and clarified butter, in the month of Âṣâḍha, on the full-moon day, is purified of all sin and goes and rests in peace in the region of Varuṇa.—17. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.16) - [Next: 53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.18) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.53.p11) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.52.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.17) · Pramāṇa