Skandapurana 7.12.584_35

7.12.584_35

yopi cāśvayujaṃ māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati .
vāṇijyaṃ phalate tasya kṛṣiḥ paśugaṇāstathā .. 11 . .
kārtikaṃ tvapi yo māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati .
sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya vahniloke mahīyate ..1 2 . .
yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena yāvajjīvaṃ narottamaḥ .
vimānenārkavarṇena śakralokaṃ sa gacchati8 . . 13 . .
saṃvatsaraṃ tu yaḥ pūrṇamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati .
sa pārthivasamo bhūtvā mahīṃ pāti mahendravat .. 14. .
ahorātraṃ tūpavāsaṃ kuryādekaṃ narottamaḥ .
daśānāṃ sa suvarṇānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti śobhitam . .1 5 . .
māse māse tvahoratraṃ yaḥ karoti narottamaḥ .
sa tena karmaṇā śuddho vidvān bhavati dhārmikaḥ . . 1 6. .
caturdaśīmaṣṭamīṃ ca pakṣayorubhayorapi9 .
ahorātraṃ kṣapedyastu samvatsaramaśeṣataḥ . . 17..

And he who endures the month of Āśvina eating only once a day, / for him trade bears fruit, as do agriculture and herds of livestock. . . 11 . .
Moreover, whoever endures the month of Kārttika eating only once a day, / having obtained the fruit of a horse sacrifice, he is exalted in the realm of fire. . . 12 . .
A best of men who spends his entire life eating only once a day, / goes to the realm of Śakra in an aerial chariot shining like the sun. . . 13 . .
And he who endures a full year eating only once a day, / becoming equal to an earthly sovereign, protects the earth like Mahendra. . . 14 . .
If a best of men observes a fast for one day and night, / he obtains the splendid fruit of ten pieces of gold. . . 15 . .
A best of men who observes [a fast of] a day and night month after month, / purified by that deed, becomes learned and righteous. . . 16 . .
Whoever spends a full year [fasting] day and night / on the fourteenth and eighth lunar days of both fortnights, . . 17 . .