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# Matsyapurana 53.52

Matsyapurāṇa 53.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.52)

viṣuve hemamatsyena dhenvā caiva samanvitam  
yo dadyātpṛthivī tena dattā bhavati cākhilā //

> One who gives this Purâṇa away in charity, along with a golden fish and a cow, at the time of the summer solstice, acquires the benefit of giving in gift the entire earth.—51.  
> — 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.p33) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.52) — English, machine translation

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