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# Matsyapurana 53.46

Matsyapurāṇa 53.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.46)

purāṇaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kūrmakalpānugaṃ śivam  
yaḥ śaradviṣuve dadyād vaiṣṇavaṃ yātyasau padam //

> 14. \*The Vâmana Purâṇa.\*—The Purâṇa in which the four-faced Brahmâ has related the glories of Tṛivikrama, and which describes the three Vargas also to the Devas, after declaring the glory of Vâmana, is known as the Vâmana Purâṇa, and contains 10,000 ślokas. It describes the Kalpa, and is auspicious. Following Kûrma Kalpa, one who gives it away in charity, after writing it out neatly in the autumnal equinox, goes to the region of Viṣṇu.—44-45.  
> — 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.p30) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.46) — English, machine translation

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