Skanda Purana 7.4.52_151

7.4.52_151

putrānicchanti manujāstārayiṣyanti nastvime9 .
narakāditi sa tvannaḥ pātayiṣyasi duḥkhitān . .9. .
vipra uvāca
mayā tīrthābhigamanāt tapo yat10 samupārjitam .
janmaprabhṛti yaccāpi mayā kiñcit kṛtaṃ śubham .
tena yūyamito garttāduddharadhvaṃ11 pitāmahāḥ .. 8.35.10 . .
pitara12 ūcuḥ
na vayaṃ tapasā13 śakyā na yajñairnāpyatonyathā14 .
garttādasmātsamuddhartuṃ yad brūmastatkuruṣva naḥ ..1 1. .
apatyaṃ guṇasaṃyuktamutpādaya tapoyutam .
tato vayamito garttānmucyema yadi manyase ..1 2..

Men desire sons [thinking], “These [sons] will deliver us
from hell”; but you will cause us, who are miserable, to fall!
The brahmin said:
By the tapas that I have accumulated through visiting sacred fords,
and whatever good deed has been performed by me since birth,
by that, O grandfathers, deliver yourselves from this pit!
The ancestors said:
We cannot be delivered from this pit by tapas,
nor by sacrifices, nor otherwise; do that for us which we tell you! // 9–11 //
Produce offspring endowed with good qualities and possessed of tapas;
then we might be freed from this pit, if you consent. // 12