He who passes the whole month of Magha, abstaining every day from one of the two mcals, is born in a high family and attains to a position of eminence among his kinsmen.
माघं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। श्रीमत्कुले ज्ञातिमध्ये स महत्त्वं प्रपद्यते॥