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# Matsyapurana 55.17

Matsyapurāṇa 55.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.55.17)

ityādi cāstrāṇi ca pūjya nityaṃ viśveśvarāyeti śivo 'bhipūjyaḥ  
bhoktavyamatraivamatailaśākam amāṃsamakṣāramabhuktaśeṣam //

> The worshipper should also worship the different weapons (mentioned above), and should salute the Lord by bowing down his head, with the mantra Viśveśvarâya namaḥ, and every day abstain from oil, flesh, green vegetables and salt, and eat moderately.—17.  
> — 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.55.p7) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.55.17) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.54.17) — Sanskrit

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