Matsya Purana — Chapter 65

MtP 65.1

अथान्यामपि वक्ष्यामि तृतीयां सर्वकामदाम् यस्यां दत्तं हुतं जप्तं सर्वं भवति चाक्षयम्

athānyāmapi vakṣyāmi tṛtīyāṃ sarvakāmadām yasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

Now I shall declare yet another third (day observance), granting all desires, on which whatever is given, offered in fire, or muttered all becomes imperishable.

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MtP 65.2

वैशाखशुक्लपक्षे तु तृतीया यैरुपोषिता अक्षयं फलमाप्नोति सर्वस्य सुकृतस्य च

vaiśākhaśuklapakṣe tu tṛtīyā yairupoṣitā akṣayaṃ phalamāpnoti sarvasya sukṛtasya ca

By whom the third day in the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha is kept as a fast, (he) obtains imperishable fruit, and (that) of all his good deeds.

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MtP 65.3

सा तथा कृत्तिकोपेता विशेषेण सुपूजिता तत्र दत्तं हुतं जप्तं सर्वमक्षयमुच्यते

sā tathā kṛttikopetā viśeṣeṇa supūjitā tatra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvamakṣayamucyate

And when it is joined with (the asterism) Kṛttikā and is worshipped especially well, whatever is given, offered, or muttered then is said to be all imperishable.

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MtP 65.4

अक्षया संततिस्तस्यास् तस्यां सुकृतमक्षयम् अक्षतैः पूज्यते विष्णुस् तेन साप्यक्षया स्मृता अक्षतैस्तु नराः स्नाता विष्णोर्दत्त्वा तथाक्षतान्

akṣayā saṃtatistasyās tasyāṃ sukṛtamakṣayam akṣataiḥ pūjyate viṣṇus tena sāpyakṣayā smṛtā akṣataistu narāḥ snātā viṣṇordattvā tathākṣatān

Her offspring is imperishable, on that (day) merit is imperishable; Viṣṇu is worshipped with unbroken rice-grains (akṣata), and for that reason it too is called Akṣayā; and men, having bathed, having given unbroken grains to Viṣṇu,

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MtP 65.5

विप्रेषु दत्त्वा तानेव तथा सक्तून् सुसंकृतान् यथान्नभुङ्महाभागः फलमक्षय्यमश्नुते

vipreṣu dattvā tāneva tathā saktūn susaṃkṛtān yathānnabhuṅmahābhāgaḥ phalamakṣayyamaśnute

and having given those same (grains) to brahmins, and likewise well-prepared barley-meal, that greatly fortunate man, eating as (prescribed), enjoys imperishable fruit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 65.6

एकामप्युक्तवत्कृत्वा तृतीयां विधिवन्नरः एतासामपि सर्वासां तृतीयानां फलं भवेत्

ekāmapyuktavatkṛtvā tṛtīyāṃ vidhivannaraḥ etāsāmapi sarvāsāṃ tṛtīyānāṃ phalaṃ bhavet

If a man performs even one third-day (observance) according to rule, as described, he obtains the fruit of all these third-day (observances).

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MtP 65.7

तृतीयायां समभ्यर्च्य सोपवासो जनार्दनम् राजसूयफलं प्राप्य गतिमग्र्यां च विन्दति

tṛtīyāyāṃ samabhyarcya sopavāso janārdanam rājasūyaphalaṃ prāpya gatimagryāṃ ca vindati

Having worshipped Janārdana on the third day while fasting, he gains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice and attains the foremost course.

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