By celebrating sacrifices and observing fasts, one goes to the celestial region, O Bharata. The man who gives away fruits and flowers succeeds in gaining sacred knowledge.
क्रतुभिश्चोपवासैश्च त्रिदिवं याति भारत। लभते च शिवं ज्ञानं फलपुष्पप्रदो नरः॥