Markandeyapurana 51.11

51.11

tiṣṭhatyanyakumārastu tathāsttvityasakṛd bruvan /
śubhāśubhe nṛṇāṃ yuṅkte tathoktistacca nānyathā //

Now the second son assigns good and bad fortune to men, while he says repeatedly, “let it be so! hence he is called Ukti,[6] and that is his precise function. Hence wise men must always say, “May fate be auspicious!” And when anything bad is heard or spoken, let praise be offered to Śiva, and to Brahmā, the spiritual preceptor of all that exists both moveable and immoveable, and to each person’s own particular family-deity.