Skandapurana 3.3.2.69_5

3.3.2.69_5

ll rājovāca .. ..
sarve kuśalino brahmanvayaṃ tvadanukaṃpayā...
rājñāmuttamavaṃśyānāṃ brahmāyattā hi saṃpadaḥ ..
kiṃ nu māṃ bādhate tveṣā piśācī ghorarūpiṇī .. 69..

The king said: / "All of us are well, O brahmin, through your compassion. / For the fortunes of kings of noble lineage are indeed dependent on brahmins. / Yet what torments me is this piśācī of dreadful form,