Skandapurana 17.18.93_61

17.18.93_61

kasmādapi na me bhūyānmaraṇaṃ yadi cedbhavet ..
kiṃcitsiṃho naraḥ kiṃcidyo bhaveddharaṇīdharaḥ .. 69 ..

"May death not come to me from anything; but if it must be, / may it be from one who is partly lion and partly man, who bears the earth;