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# Matsyapurana 79.13

Matsyapurāṇa 79.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [79.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.13)

anena vidhinā yastu kuryānmandārasaptamīm  
vipāpmā sa sukhī martyaḥ kalpaṃ ca divi modate //

> One who observes this Mandâra Saptamî fast in this way is freed from all sins and goes to heaven where he resides for a kalpa. This ordinance is like a torch that dispels all the sins like pitched darkness. One who keeps it up gets his desires fulfilled. One who reads or listens about this ordinance becomes freed from all sins.—13-15.  
> — 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.79.p11) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.79.13) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.79.13) — Sanskrit

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