Matsya Purana 229.11

229.11

abhrajaṃ madhyaphaladaṃ madhyakālaphalapradam.
adbhute tu samutpanne yadi vṛṣṭiḥ śivā bhavet .. 229.10 ..

The celestial portents produce middling effects, and get fructified within a comparatively longer time If there is a good rain within seven days of the happening of any kind of portent the latter becomes void of all effects All the ills should be averted by the performance of the propitiatory rites, otherwise they are bound to produce their effect, the very The Lord Fish replied:—"King! I shall now mention to you the ceremonies that one ought to perform to appease the three classes of evils. Out of them those relating to the terrestrial region should be attended to without delay."—2

Pārthivī-Śānti should be performed when the trees and their fruits begin to decline, when riches begin to decline and when prosperity is desired.—20 terrible ones last for three years by endangering the king his preceptor and city—10 12