[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) › 53.29 # Matsyapurana 53.29 Matsyapurāṇa 53.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.29) likhitvā tacca yo dadyād dhemapadmasamanvitam mārgaśīrṣyāṃ vidhānena tiladhenusamanvitam // > One who writes this Purâṇa and gives it away in charity, along with a golden lotus, a cow and sesamum, on the full-moon day, in Mârgaśirâ, attains the benefit of performing 16,000 sacrifices.—29. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.28) - [Next: 53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.30) - [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.p20) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.99.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nāradopapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.naradopapurana.101.23) — Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.52.29) — Sanskrit - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.3.48) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.11.p295) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.29) · Pramāṇa