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# Matsyapurana 96.25

Matsyapurāṇa 96.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [96.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.96.25)

yo vā śṛṇoti puruṣo 'lpadhanaḥ paṭhedvā devālayeṣu bhavaneṣu ca dhārmikāṇām  
pāpairviyuktavapuratra puraṃ murārer ānandakṛtpadamupaiti munīndra so 'pi //

> The poor man who hears or reads this, either in some sacred place (place of a God), or in the house of a pious man, goes to the region of Śiva where he gets into the place of Deities and enjoys, after being liberated from all his sins.—25.  
> — 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.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.96.25) — English, machine translation

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