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# Matsyapurana 97.20

Matsyapurāṇa 97.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [97.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.97.20)

yaḥ paṭhedapi śṛṇoti mānavaḥ paṭhyamānamatha vānumodate  
so 'pi śakrabhuvanasthito 'maraiḥ pūjyate vasati cākṣayaṃ divi //

> The person who reads or hears, or approves of the reading of this ordinance, also goes to the region of Indra where he is served by the Devas, and remains there for innumerable kalpas.—20.  
> — 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.97.p13) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.97.20) — English, machine translation

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