Skanda Purana 7.4.52_152

7.4.52_152

vipra uvāca
ūrdhvaretāhamityetanmayā vratamupākṛtam15 .
na dārānāhariṣyāmi tārayiṣye ca vai pitṝn . . 13 . .
tatassa tān tathotsṛjya16 duḥkhena mahatā vṛtaḥ .
jagāma rudraṃ śaraṇaṃ pitarontarhitāstataḥ . .14..

The brahmin said:
I have undertaken this vow, saying: “I am a celibate whose seed goes upward;
I shall not take wives, and yet I shall certainly deliver my ancestors.”
Then, abandoning them in that state, enveloped by great sorrow,
he went to Rudra for refuge; thereupon the ancestors vanished. // 13–14