[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 79.2 # Matsyapurana 79.2 Matsyapurāṇa 79.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [79.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.2) māghasyāmalapakṣe tu pañcamyāṃ laghubhuṅnaraḥ dantakāṣṭhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā ṣaṣṭhīmupavasedbudhaḥ // > The devotee should take some light food on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Mâgha, and, having arisen from his bed in the morning and brushing his teeth and bathing, should keep fast on that day viz., on the Ṣaṣṭhi day.—2. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 79.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.1) - [Next: 79.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.3) - [Up: 79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.79.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.79.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.2) · Pramāṇa