Skandapurana 5.146.55

5.146.55

.. śrīśukadeva uvāca .. ..
bhāvena bhāvitamahātapasāṃ munīnāṃ tiṣṭhanti tāvadakhilāni tapaḥphalāni ..
yatte nikāśaśaraṇāḥ puruṣā na jātu paśyaṃtyasajjanamukhāni sukhaṃ tadeva .. 55 ..

Śrī Śukadeva said: / For sages of great austerity refined by meditation, all the fruits of austerity remain, / since those men, having daylight for their shelter, never look upon the faces of wicked people—that alone is happiness.