Skandapurana 5.9.25

5.9.25

.. raktaśṛṃga uvāca .. ..
nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi martya bhūmau kathaṃcana ..
yatra kaṇṭakino vṛkṣā rūkṣāḥ phalavivarjitāḥ .. 25 ..

Raktaśṛṅga said: / I will never go there to the mortal world, / where trees are thorny, dry, and devoid of fruit;