Skanda Purana 7.3.91_454

7.3.91_454

snāto40 yaḥ pūrvasaṃdhyāyāṃ sadā māmabhigacchati41 .
sa mitraṃ yakṣarājasya yakṣo bhavati vīryavān . .2 3 . .
saṃmārjanaṃ paṃcaśataṃ sahasramupalepanam .
gandhāśca daśasāhasrā anantaṃ42 cārcanaṃ smṛtam . . 24 . .

He who, having bathed at the morning twilight, always approaches me, / becomes a valiant yakṣa, a friend of the king of yakṣas. // 23
Sweeping [the temple] yields five hundred [merits]; plastering with cow dung, a thousand; / fragrant pastes yield ten thousand; and worship is considered infinite. // 24