Skandapurana 7.16.24_98

7.16.24_98

indriyāṇāṃ tu prābalyāt tat putreṣvapi18 pārvati .
pāpakānyapi kurvanti19 te satputrā bhavantyuta .. 15. .
ime hi taravo devi dakṣaśāpād hatendriyāḥ .
pāpakāni na kurvanti saṃvṛtaiḥ karaṇaiśca ha . . 16 . .
etasmāt kāraṇād devi koṣṭhajānāṃ śatādapi .
eko bhūmiruhaḥ putraḥ śasyate na tu koṣṭhajaḥ . . 17..

Yet from the strength of the senses, O Pārvatī, even among those sons,
they also commit sins—are they truly good sons?
For these trees, O goddess, have their senses impaired by the curse of Dakṣa;
they commit no sins, their sense-organs being shut off.
For this reason, O goddess, rather than a hundred sons born from the womb,
a single tree-son is praised, but not one born from the womb.