Matsyapurana 82.29

82.29

nārī vā kurute yā tu viśokadvādaśīvratam
nṛtyagītaparā nityaṃ sāpi tatphalamāpnuyāt //

This Viśokadvâdaśî is most sacred and dispeller of all sins, and is auspicious. He who fasts on this Dvâdaśî goes to Viṣṇu’s highest seat. He attains prosperity, longevity and health in this world, and, after death, he goes to the city of Viṣṇu, remembering him always at that critical moment. The virtuous devotee never gets grief or pain for a period of nine arbuda and eighteen thousand years. A married woman, observing this Viśokadvâdaśî vrata, with music and dance, obtains also the same benefits. Consequently, one, full of faith, should always have music and songs in honor of Hari, on the occasion of this vrata, for, thereby, he gets prosperity.—26-30.