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# Matsyapurana 98.2

Matsyapurāṇa 98.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [98.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.98.2)

ayane viṣuve vāpi saṃkrāntivratamācaret  
pūrvedyurekabhaktena dantadhāvanapūrvakam  
saṃkrāntivāsare prātas tilaiḥ snānaṃ vidhīyate //

> The Saṅkrānti ordinance should be observed on the day of equinoxes or solstices. The day, prior to Saṅkrānti, the devotee should have his meals only once; and, on the following day, he should bathe in water mixed with sesamum, after brushing his teeth.—2.  
> — 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.98.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.98.2) — English, machine translation

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