Skanda Purana 5.15.8

5.15.8

tamuvāca vibho pāhi pāhi pāparddhikādatha
tapasā kiṃ ca dharmeṇa maunena ca japena ca 28
bhītatrāṇātparaṃ nānyatpuṇyamasti tapodhana
evamuktavatī bhītā sālasāṃgī tapasvinam 29
tāvatprāptaḥ saduṣṭātmā sarvajīvaprabaṃdhakaḥ
vṛṃdādevī bhayatrastā harikaṃṭhe samāśliṣat 30
sukhasparśaṃ bhujābhyāṃ sā śokavallīva liṃgitā
tavāliṃganabhāvena punareva bhaviṣyati 31

She said to him: “O lord, protect me! Protect me from the sinful hunter! / What use is austerity, what use is dharma, what use is silence and muttered prayer? / There is no merit higher than protecting the frightened, O you rich in austerity!” / Having spoken thus to the ascetic, terrified, her limbs languid, / meanwhile that wicked-souled hunter, the captor of all living beings, arrived; / Queen Vṛndā, terrified with fear, embraced Hari’s neck. / With her two arms she clung to his pleasant touch like a creeper of sorrow; / “By the power of your embrace, it will come to be again: