Matsyapurana 99.14

99.14

daśāvatārarūpāṇi pratimāsaṃ kramānmune
dattātreyaṃ tathā vyāsam utpalena samanvitam
dadyādevaṃ samā yāvat pāṣaṇḍānabhivarjayet //

The devotee should give away one in each month of the year the golden images of the ten incarnations (of the supreme God) as well as of Dattâtreya and Vedavyâsa, along with a lotus of gold. During this period the devotee should avoid the company of rogues and the wicked.—14.