The Matsya Purana (critical study)
by Kushal Kalita | 2018 | 74,766 words | ISBN-13: 9788171103058
This page relates ‘Vishokadvadashi-vrata’ of the English study on the Matsya-purana: a Sanskrit text preserving ancient Indian traditions and legends written in over 14,000 metrical verses. In this study, the background and content of the Matsyapurana is outlined against the cultural history of ancient India in terms of religion, politics, geography and architectural aspects. It shows how the encyclopedic character causes the text to deal with almost all the aspects of human civilization.
Part 4.3d - Viśokadvādaśī-vrata
Chapter 82 of the Matsyapurāṇa narrates Viśokadvādaśīvrata. This vrata focuses on the glorification of the cow. Goddess Lakṣmī (fortune) who resides in all beings and also in all gods is prayed in the form of cow. She is prayed here to confer mental peace.[1] Lakṣmī of Viṣṇu, Rudrāni of Śiva, Svāhā of Agni, Brahmānī of Brahmā, Bhadrā of Kubera, Svadhā of the pitṛs and the female power of Sūrya, Candra and Indra are all present in the cow.[2] Viśokadvādaśīvrata is the dispeller of all sins and is auspicious. The devotee attains longevity, prosperity and good health by performing this vrata.
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Ibid., 82.13-15