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# Matsyapurana 7.28

Matsyapurāṇa 7.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.28)

ihaloke varān putrān saubhāgyaphalam aśnute  
yaḥ smaraḥ saṃsmṛto viṣṇur ānandātmā maheśvaraḥ //

> One who observes the Madana Dvâdaśi fast in this way, becomes liberated from evils and begets worthy children and, finally, passes away in peace, for Viṣṇu and Smara are the same.—27-28.  
> — 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.7.p25) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.7.28) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.7.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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