Fasting there for six days and living there for a month at Mahalaya, his soul being purified and all his sins destroyed, one obtains the fruits of giving away much gold and saves ten preceding and ten succeeding generations of his race.
षष्ठकालोपवासेन मासमुष्य महालये॥ सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विन्देद् बहुसुवर्णकम्। दशापरान् दश पूर्वान् नरानुद्धरते कुलम्॥