Matsya Purana 229.13

229.13

tribhirvarṣaistathā jñeyaṃ sumahad bhayakārakam.
rājñaḥ śarīre loke ca purudvāre purohite .. 229.12 ..

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

Their fructification takes place on the body of the kings, ordinary men, in the entrance of the city, in the sons or in the treasury—13