Markandeyapurana 50.42

Duḥsaha spoke:
“I am wasted with hunger, O ruler of the world, I am thirsty also and my strength is gone. How may I he satisfied, O master? How may I grow strong? And tell me, who will be my refuge where I may abide tranquil?”

Brahmā spoke:
“Thy refuge shall be men’s houses, and unrighteous men shall be thy strength. Thou shalt be satisfied, my child, with their neglect to perform the constant sacrifices. And spontaneous boils shall be thy raiment; and for food[19] I give to thee whatever is injured, and what is infested with vermin, and what has been gazed into by dogs, likewise what is contained in broken pots, what has been made still by the breath from a mans mouth, the fragments that remain from a meal, what is unripe, that on which perspiration has fallen,[20] what has been licked, what has not been cooked properly, what has been eaten of by people sitting on broken seats, and food that has fallen on the seat,[21] and what turns away from the sky[22] at the two twilights, what is distinguished by the sound of dancing and musical instruments, what a woman in her courses has polluted, what such a woman has eaten of and has gazed at, and whatever food or drink has been damaged[23] at all—these shall be for thy nourishment, and whatever else I give to thee; whatever persons, who have not performed their ablutions, have sacrificed or given id alms, without faith or in contempt; what has been cast away without the previous use of water, and what has been rendered valueless, and what has been exhibited in order to be discarded, and what has been given away through utter amazement; what is corrupt, and what has been given away by a person in anger or in pain, that O goblin,[24] thou shalt obtain[25] as thy reward; and whatever the son of a re-married widow does as an undertaking for the next world, and whatever the daughter of a re-married widow so does; that, O goblin, shall be for thy satisfaction. The wealth-procuring ceremonies in which a maiden engages along with her lover for the sake of the obligation of dower, and the ceremonies also which are performed according to wicked books, shall he for thy nourishment, O goblin; and whatever has been studied for the sake of enjoying wealth[26] and whatever has not been read truly—all that I give thee, and these periods also for thy perfection. Thou shalt ever have conquering power, O Duḥsaha, among men, if they approach a pregnant woman carnally, or if they transgress the evening rites and the constant ceremonies, and among men who have been corrupted by wicked books, deeds or conversation.