Matsyapurana 101.32

101.32

tilapātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca brahmaloke mahīyate
kalpānte bhūpatirnūnam ānandavratamucyate //

One who voluntarily gives drinking water to the needy, from the beginning of Chaitra for four months, and after it gives away a big water jar (Manika), with grain, cloths, gold and a pot containing sesamum, goes to the region of Brahmâ and becomes a king at the end of a kalpa. This is called the (17) Ânanda-Vrata.—31-32.