Markandeyapurana 33.16

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revatīṣu tathā kupyamaśvinīṣu turaṅgamān /
śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃstathāproti bharaṇīṣvāyuruttamam /
tasmāt kāmyāni kurvota ṛkṣeṣveteṣu tattvavit //

Under Revatī likewise he finds base metal; horses under Aśvinī;
and performing a śrāddha under Bharaṇī, he attains excellent longevity.
Therefore, one who knows the truth should perform optional śrāddhas under these asterisms.

Hence a man who is skilled in true knowledge should perform the voluntary śrāddhas at these seasons.

By worshipping the pitṛs when the moon is in the asterism Kṛttikā, a man obtains Svarga. A man who wishes for offspring may obtain it when the moon is in the asterism Rohiṇī; and he may gain vigour when she is in the Saumya signs of the Zodiac;[2] and he may obtain valour when she is in the asterism Ārdrā; and lands and other possessions when she is in Punarvasu; and nourishment by always worshipping when she is in Puṣya; and noble sons when she is in Aśleṣā; and pre-eminence among his relations when she is in Maghā; and good fortune when she is in Phalgunī.[3] And the man of liberal disposition obtains offspring when she is in Uttarā Phalgunī. A man who offers śrāddhas when she is in Hasta verily attains excellence. And so a man of goodly form may obtain offspring when she is in C’itra. Svati bestows success in trade; Viśākhā gives philoprogenitiveness. Men who perform the śrāddha when the moon is in Anuradha attain imperial rule; and when she is in Jyeṣṭha lordship; and when she is Mūla perfect health. Acquisition of fame comes from performing the śrāddha when she is in Āṣāḍhā; and freedom from grief in Uttarā Āṣāḍhā. And one gains bright worlds hy •performing it when she is in Śravaṇa; and immense wealth when she is in Dhaniṣṭhā. One may acquire intimate knowledge of the Vedas when she is in Abhijit; and success in medicine when she is in Śata-bhiṣaj; goats and sheep hy performing the ceremony in Bhādra; and amorous dalliance in the latter part of Bhādra. And one who performs the śrāddha when she is in Revatī acquires the baser metals; and when she is in Aśvinī horses; and when she is in Bharaṇī full length of life.

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iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kāmyaśrāddhaphalakathanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named 'The Declaration of the Fruits of Optional Śrāddhas', in the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

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catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thirty-fourth Chapter

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