But the pious activities of the people, such as performance of Vedic rituals, charity, austere penances and transcendental service, performed with a view to worship You and satisfy You by offering You the fruitive results, are also beneficial. Such acts of religion never go in vain.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
पुंसामतो विविधकर्मभिरध्वराद्यैः दानेन चोग्रतपसा व्रतचर्यया च । आराधनं भगवतस्तव सत्क्रियार्थो धर्मोऽर्पितः कर्हिचिद्ध्रियते न यत्र
puṃsāmato vividhakarmabhiradhvarādyaiḥ dānena cogratapasā vratacaryayā ca | ārādhanaṃ bhagavatastava satkriyārtho dharmo'rpitaḥ karhiciddhriyate na yatra
SB 3.9.13