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# Matsyapurana 70.53

Matsyapurāṇa 70.53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [70.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.70.53)

yathā na kamalā dehāt prayāti tava keśava  
tathā mamāpi deveśa śarīre sve kuru prabho //

> 'O Keśava! as the Goddess Lakṣmî never remains apart from you, in the same way make my body Your dwelling place.'—53. After that, the Brâhmaṇa, accepting the image of Cupid, should pronounce the following Vedic mantra. ‘Ka Idam Kasmât, &c.’—54.  
> — 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.70.p20) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.70.53) — English, machine translation

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