[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) › 83.13 # Matsyapurana 83.13 Matsyapurāṇa 83.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.13) merurmahāvrīhimayastu madhye suvarṇavṛkṣatrayasaṃyutaḥ syāt pūrveṇa muktāphalavajrayukto yāgyena gomedakapuṣparāgaiḥ // > The Sumeru hill in the centre should be made of rice (vrîhi), three trees of gold should be in it. Pearls and diamonds should be studded in the east side of the hill, cat's eye and topaz in the south, emerald and sapphire in the west and lapislazuli and ruby in the north. Pieces of sandal wood should be placed on all sides. So also a creeper of corals should surround it, and the surface and the bottom of the rock should be bedecked with oyster shells.—13-14. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 83.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.12) - [Next: 83.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.14) - [Up: 83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.83.p7) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.83.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.38.13) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit - [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danakalpataru.7.p34) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.13) · Pramāṇa