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# Matsyapurana 72.26

Matsyapurāṇa 72.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.26)

māhātmyaṃ ca vidhiṃ tasya yathāvadvaktumarhasi  
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā punaḥ provāca vistarāt //

> Virôchana said:—“O sage! I am eager to hear about the ordinance as well as about the charities witnessed by me in my previous life.”—25. "Pray explain to me the glory and the rituals connected with that ordinance." Hearing those words of Virôchana, Śukra, began to explain it in detail.—26.  
> — 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.72.p19) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.26) — English, machine translation

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