Skandapurana 6.3.97.122

6.3.97.122

vyāsa uvāca -
tīrthaiḥ samastaiḥ kila sevanāya phalaṃ pradiṣṭaṃ mama mandabhāgyāt .
yaddevi puṇyā viphalā mamāśā āraṇyapuṣpāṇi yathā janānām .. 97.122 ..

Vyāsa said: / "The fruit to be served by all sacred fords was promised to me; but through my ill fortune, / O goddess, holy one, my hopes have become futile, like forest flowers for men!"