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# Matsyapurana 95.5

Matsyapurāṇa 95.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [95.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.5)

\*nandikeśvara uvāca  
śṛṇuṣvāvahito brahman vakṣye māheśvaraṃ vratam  
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātā nāmnā śivacaturdaśī //

> Nandikeśvara said:—Hear with attention, O Brâhmaṇa! I shall tell you the Mâheśvara vrata. It is well-known in all the three worlds by the name of Śiva Chaturdaśî.—5.  
> — 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.95.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.95.5) — English, machine translation

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