Skanda Purana 7.4.52_172

7.4.52_172

pitara ūcuḥ
maivaṃ vadānṛtaṃ6 putra mādharmaste bhavediha7 .
nāsmatprasādādaiśvaryaṃ tava putra kadācana . .4. .
vayantu niraye ghore yātyamānāḥ8 sudāruṇe .
tapasā tava vīryeṇa9 sukhamāpma10 sudurlabham . .5..

The ancestors said: / 'Do not speak an untruth thus, son, lest unrighteousness accrue to you here. / Your sovereignty is never from our grace, son. / We, however, being tormented in the terrible, very harsh hell, / have attained happiness hard to obtain through your austerity and prowess.