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# Matsyapurana 7.7

Matsyapurāṇa 7.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.7)

ūcur vasiṣṭhapramukhā madanadvādaśīvratam  
yasyāḥ prabhāvādabhavat sutaśokavivarjitā //

> The sage Vasiṣṭha advised Diti to observe the Madana-Dvâdaśî fast, by keeping which Diti became the mother of the Maruts and was liberated from her pangs of grief.—7.  
> — 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.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.7.7) — English, machine translation

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