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# Matsyapurana 69.20

Matsyapurāṇa 69.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [69.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.69.20)

tataḥ puṇyāṃ tithimimāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm  
upoṣya vidhinānena gaccha viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam //

> Vâsudeva said:—The devotee who may not be able to fast on the eighth, fourteenth and twelveth day of a bright fortnight, or on any other prescribed day, attains unification with Viṣṇu, by keeping a fast on this sacred day only.—19-20.  
> — 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.69.p15) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.69.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.23.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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