Skandapurana 7.12.584_45

7.12.584_45

caturdaśa tu yo nityaṃ divasāni kṣapennaraḥ .
tauṣitaṃ lokamāsādya bhaved gaṇapatirvaraḥ . . 34. .
ardhamāsaṃ kṣapedyastu nityameva hyatandritaḥ .
devarājena tulyosau bhūtvā svargevatiṣṭhati . . 3 5. .
iha rājā mahābhūmau bhūya evābhijāyate .
yastu māsaṃ kṣapeddhīro jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ .. 3 6. .
vimānena sa divyena apsarobhissamāvṛtaḥ .
pūjyamāno yathā devaḥ stūyamānaśca sarvaśaḥ . . 37 . .

The man who constantly fasts for fourteen days, / having reached the Tuṣita realm, becomes an excellent leader of the gaṇas. (34) / But he who constantly fasts for half a month without indolence, / having become equal to the king of the gods, stays in heaven. (35) / He is born again here on the great earth as a king. / The wise man, having subdued anger and conquered his senses, who fasts for a month, (36) / in a divine aerial chariot, surrounded by apsarases, / worshipped like a god and praised on all sides, (37)