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# Matsyapurana 53.49

Matsyapurāṇa 53.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.49)

yo dadyādayane kūrmaṃ hemakūrmasamanvitam  
gosahasrapradānasya phalaṃ samprāpnuyānnaraḥ //

> 15. \*The Kûrma Purâṇa.\*—The Purâṇa in which Viṣṇu has dwelt on the glories of the four Vargas (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Mokṣa), in the form of a Kûrma, in the Rasâtala regions, before the sages, in connection with the story of Indradyumna, where Indra was also present, through his companion Indradyumna, is known as Kûrma-Purâṇa, and is related to Lakṣmî Kalpa. It contains 18,000 ślokas.—46-47. One who gives it away in charity, along with a golden turtle, at the time of the equinox, gets the benefit of giving away thousands of cows.—48.  
> — 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.p31) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.49) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.2.68) — Sanskrit

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