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# Matsyapurana 72.42

Matsyapurāṇa 72.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.42)

rūpasaubhāgyasampannaḥ punarjanmani janmani  
viṣṇau vātha śive bhaktaḥ saptadvīpādhipo bhavet //

> He gets handsomeness, luck, and devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu in all his lives, and becomes the king of the seven realms.—42.  
> — 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.p35) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.42) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.24.58) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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