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# Matsyapurana 77.3

Matsyapurāṇa 77.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [77.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.3)

sthaṇḍile padmamālikhya kuṅkumena sakarṇikam  
tasminnamaḥ savitre tu gandhadhūpau nivedayet //

> A lotus with its petals and pericarp, should be drawn on an altar with saffron, and flowers and incense should be put on it, after reciting ‘Sâvitre namaḥ’—3.  
> — 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.77.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.77.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p443) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p443) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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