Skandapurana 7.5.28_164

7.5.28_164

bhagavantaḥ kathaṃ tvasya kṛtaghnasya durātmanaḥ .
niṣkṛtiḥ sumahāghorād bhavet pāpasya karmaṇaḥ .. 14. .
tataste ṛṣayassarve dṛṣṭvā dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā .
yamaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhamidaṃ vai bruvate vacaḥ ..1 5..

"Venerable ones, how can there be expiation for this evil-souled ungrateful person / from this most dreadful sinful deed?" / Then all those ṛṣis, having seen with farsighted vision, / indeed spoke these words to Yama, the foremost of upholders of dharma: