Markandeyapurana 40.4

40.4

śrāddhānāṃ sarvadānānāṃ phalāni niyamāṃstathā /
tathopavāsāt pūrtācca devatābhyarccanādapi //

He longs for rites performed with a view to future fruition, and the objects of human desire, for women, the fruits of alms-giving, for science, for supernatural power, for the baser metals and riches, for heaven, god-head, and supreme godhead, for actions that yield copious supplies of elixir vitæ,[2] for flying on the storm-winds, for sacrifice, and the power of inhabiting water and fire, for the fruits of śrāddhas that contain every gift, and religious mortifications. Thus he longs when mentally ailing by reason of fasting, meritorious acts, and worship of the gods, and by reason of those several actions.