Matsyapurana 84.5

84.5

sarāṃsi kāmadevādīṃs tadvadatrāpi kārayet
kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ cāpi dānamantrānnibodhata //

The ponds and Kâmadeva and others should be made as before. The devotee should keep up all the night. I now explain to you the mantra of giving it away. ‘O Salt! Thou hast been born of the ocean of fortune, in consequence of which thou art styled as the best of all the flavours. Hence this gift of the mount of salt may protect me from the evils of this mundane world.—5-6.