Garudapurana 3.20.25

3.20.25

yasmindine śravaṇaṃ nāsti viṣṇosteṣāṃ janma vyarthamāhuḥ kathāyām /
snāna japaḥ pañcayajñaṃ vrataṃ ca iṣṭāpūrte kṛcchracāndro ca dattam //

On whatever day there is no hearing of the story of Viṣṇu, they say the birth of those people is in vain. / Bathing, recitation, the five daily sacrifices, religious observances, public works, charitable gifts, the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, and gifts given—