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# Matsyapurana 53.30

Matsyapurāṇa 53.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.30)

tacca ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ sarvakratuphalapradam  
yaḥ pradadhannaraḥ so 'tha svargaloke mahīyate //

> 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

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## 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.53.30) — English, machine translation

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