Skandapurana 7.12.584_31

7.12.584_31

devyuvāca1
devyāḥ śṛṇuta bhūyopi yathā dānaṃ vinā śubhāḥ .
ayamevopavāsena yathā dharmobhilabhyate . . 1 . .
ekabhaktena yo devyo māsaṃ mārgaśiraṃ kṣapet .
sa tena karmaṇā devyo gomān bhavati nityaśaḥ . .2. .
pauṣamāsena3 putrām̐śca bahūnāpnoti dhārmikān .
māghamāse ca kurvāṇo bhūyaḥ prāpnoti vai priyāḥ4 . . 3 ..
ekabhaktantu kurvāṇaḥ phālgune māsi nityaśaḥ .
strīṣu saubhāgyamāpnoti striyaśca paramapriyāḥ ..4. .
yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena caitramāsaṃ narottamaḥ .
dhanadhānyasamṛddhe sa5 kule jāyeta rūpavān . .5. .

The Goddess said:
Listen again, O auspicious goddesses, how even without giving gifts, / just by fasting, righteousness is attained. . . 1 . .
Whoever, O goddess, spends the month of Mārgaśīrṣa eating only once a day, / constantly becomes wealthy in cattle through that deed, O goddess. . . 2 . .
Through [such practice in] the month of Pauṣa, he obtains many righteous sons; / and doing so in the month of Māgha, he repeatedly gains dear things. . . 3 . .
Constantly eating only once a day in the month of Phālguna, / he gains good fortune among women, and women become extremely dear to him. . . 4 . .
The best of men who spends the month of Caitra eating only once a day, / is born handsome in a family abundant in wealth and grain. . . 5 . .