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# Matsyapurana 67.18

Matsyapurāṇa 67.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [67.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.67.18)

evamāmantrya taiḥ kumbhair abhiṣikto guṇānvitaiḥ  
ṛgyajuḥsāmamantraiśca śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ  
pūjayedvastragodānair brāhmaṇāniṣṭadevatāḥ //

> After thus invoking all Devas and other beings, the devotee should sprinkle upon himself the water of those medicated pitchers, which are adorned with white garlands and sandal paste, and then worship the Brâhmaṇas and the family Deity by reciting the mantras laid down in the Rig, Sâma and Yajur Vedas, and then give away a cow, along with cloth to the Brâhmaṇas.—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.67.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.67.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.64.17) — Sanskrit

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