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# Matsyapurana 96.13

Matsyapurāṇa 96.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [96.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.96.13)

bhakṣyapātratrayopetaṃ yamarudravṛṣānvitam  
dhenvā sahaiva śāntāya viprāyātha kuṭumbine  
sapatnīkāya sampūjya puṇye 'hni vinivedayet //

> On some sacred day, the devotee should give away all these things as well as three food plates, the images of Dharmarâja, Śiva, with that of the sacred bull and a cow, to a peaceful Brâhmaṇa couple who may have a big family, having first worshipped them.—13.  
> — 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.96.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.96.13) — English, machine translation

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