[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 63.23 # Matsyapurana 63.23 Matsyapurāṇa 63.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63.23) punarmāghe tu samprāpte śarkarāṃ karakopari kṛtvā tu kāñcanīṃ gaurīṃ pañcaratnasamanvitām // > Kumudâ, Mâdhavî, Gaurî, Rambhâ, Bhadrâ, Jayâ, Śivâ, Umâ, Rati, Satî, Mangalâ, Ratilâlasâ should be invoked, turn, by turn each month, beginning with Mâgha, and say ‘prîyatâm.’ The devotee should offer to the goddess the prâsana with panchagavya, and should observe a fast on each of the prescribed days; if he cannot keep the full fast, he might eat something in the night.—21-22. Again in the month of Mâgha, sugar should be placed on the Kamaṇḍalu, and, after saying, "Goddess be pleased," should be given away to a Brâhmaṇa in charity:—the golden image of Pârvatî, of the size of an inch, after decorating it with the five gems, rosary, sacred thread, Kamaṇḍalu, the figure of the moon with four arms, white eyes and white clothes; a pair of white cows, decorated with gold and covered with white cloth, along with a milking vessel.—23-25. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63.22) - [Next: 63.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63.24) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.63.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.63.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.22.129) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p123) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p123) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.63.23) · Pramāṇa