Matsyapurana 126.36

126.36

gacchatyasāvanudinaṃ parivṛtya raśmīn devānpitṝṃśca manujāṃśca sutarpayanvai
śukle ca kṛṣṇe tadahaḥkrameṇa kālakṣaye caiva surāḥ pibanti //

The Sun in His diurnal course as He moves on, sheds His strong heating rays during the summer, causes cold during the winter and rains during the monsoon. He brings about night and day and spreads His rays far and wide as He travels. Thus by His rays, He brings in peace and satisfaction to all, the Devas, Pṛitis, and human beings alike. The days and nights, as they revolve, cause the bright and dark fortnights. The Sun stores up nectar every month in His rays. This nectar, pure and agreeable, the Devas drink in their appropriate fortnightly seasons. The Devas, the Pitṛis, the Saumyas and the Kâvyas, after having drunk this nectar in the shape of the Sun's rays, and replenished themselves, cause thereby good rain on this earth and make the plants, ordinary and medicinal, grow and satisfy the hunger of all beings.—35-37.