Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa
121 - Sacred Rites (Vratas)
Brahma said:
1. I shall now mention the Chaturmasya Vratas These rites can be taken either on the eleventh day or on Full moon day, in the month of Ashadha. The devotee should pray thus at the outset.
2-3. "O Keshava, I have taken up this Vrata before you. If you are pleased may, it be completed without hindrances. Having taken up this rite if I die before completing the same, O Lord, may it be treated as completed through your grace."
4. One should take up the Vrata, Archana, Japa, etc after praying at the outset like this. The sins of those who even desire to perform Lord Hari's Vrata perish entirely.
5. He who takes his bath daily and worships Vishnu continuously for four months taking a single meal every day attains the region of Vishnu, free from impurities.
6. The devotee should abstain from taking wine, meat and oil bath and perform the worship of Hari. He should continue his study of Vedas and perform the Krucchra rite. He will attain the region of Vishnu and become Vishnu himself.
7. By fasting for a night the devotee becomes a deity moving about in aerial car. By fasting for three nights or taking only a sixth of his usual diet he attains Shvetadvipa.
8. A devotee who performs Chandrayana attains the region of Hari. He who performs Prajapatya attains salvation unsolicited. He who performs Parakavrata attains Vishnuloka and becomes Hari Himself.
9. The devotee should sustain himself on grain flour, barley, alms, milk, curd, ghee, cow's urine and Panchagavya; he should avoid vegetables, roots, fruits and juice. He will thus attain Vishnu.
Summary of chapter 121 of the Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa is as follows:
Bhagavān Vishṇu addresses the legality of rescinding gifts or promises. As it happens, the narrative clarifies when a gift is legally binding and irrevocable, protecting valid donations made in good faith and enforcing moral commitment.