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  1. siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/57/54
    या कन्या दुहिता तस्या मत्स्या मत्स्यसगन्धिनी राज्ञा दत्ताथ दाशाय इयं तव भवत्व इति रूपसत्त्वसमायुक्ता सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः ॥ १-५७-५४ ॥yA kanyA duhitA tasyA matsyA matsyasagandhinI rAjJA dattAtha dAzAya iyaM tava bhavatva iti rUpasattvasamAyuktA sarvaiH samuditA guNaiH ॥ 1-57-54 ॥'The fish-smelling daughter of the Apsara in her piscatorial form was then given by the king unto the fishermen, saying, 'Let this one be thy daughter.' That girl was known by the name of Satyavati. And gifted with great beauty and possessed of every virtue, she of agreeable smiles, owing to contact with fishermen, was for some time of the fishy smell.' ॥ 1-57-54 ॥
  2. siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/57/53
    ततः सा जनयित्वा तौ विशस्ता मत्स्यघातिना संत्यज्य मत्स्यरूपं सा दिव्यं रूपम अवाप्य च सिद्धर्षिचारणपथं जगामाथ वराप्सराः ॥ १-५७-५३ ॥tataH sA janayitvA tau vizastA matsyaghAtinA saMtyajya matsyarUpaM sA divyaM rUpama avApya ca siddharSicAraNapathaM jagAmAtha varApsarAH ॥ 1-57-53 ॥'Then, according to these words, having given birth to the two children, and been killed by the fishermen, she left her fish-form and assumed her celestial shape. The Apsara then rose on the path trodden by the Siddhas, the Rishis, and the Charanas.' ॥ 1-57-53 ॥
  3. siva.sh/manusmriti/3/104
    उपासते ये गृहस्थाः परपाकमबुद्धयः । तेन ते प्रेत्य पशुतां व्रजन्त्यन्नादिदायिनः ॥ १०४ ॥upAsate ye gRhasthAH parapAkamabuddhayaH । tena te pretya pazutAM vrajantyannAdidAyinaH ॥ 104 ॥Those foolish householders who constantly seek (to live on) the food of others, become, in consequence of that (baseness), after death the cattle of those who give them food.
  4. siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/57/52
    साप्सरा मुक्तशापा च कषणेन समपद्यत पुरॊक्ता या भगवता तिर्यग्यॊनिगता शुभे मानुषौ जनयित्वा तवं शापमॊक्षम अवाप्स्यसि ॥ १-५७-५२ ॥sApsarA muktazApA ca kaSaNena samapadyata puròktA yA bhagavatA tiryagyònigatA zubhe mAnuSau janayitvA tavaM zApamòkSama avApsyasi ॥ 1-57-52 ॥'After the birth of the twins, the Apsara herself became freed from her curse. For she had been told before by the illustrious one (who had cursed her) that she would, while living in her piscatorial form, give birth to two children of human shape and then would be freed from the curse.' ॥ 1-57-52 ॥
  5. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-12/8/46
    तस्मात्तवेह भगवन्नथ तावकानां शुक्लां तनुं स्वदयितां कुशला भजन्ति । यत्सात्वताः पुरुषरूपमुशन्ति सत्त्वं लोको यतोभयमुतात्मसुखं न चान्यत् ॥ १२-८-४६ ॥tasmAttaveha bhagavannatha tAvakAnAM zuklAM tanuM svadayitAM kuzalA bhajanti । yatsAtvatAH puruSarUpamuzanti sattvaM loko yatobhayamutAtmasukhaM na cAnyat ॥ 12-8-46 ॥O Lord, because fearlessness, spiritual happiness and the kingdom of God are all achieved through the mode of pure goodness, Your devotees consider this mode, but never passion and ignorance, to be a direct manifestation of You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Intelligent persons thus worship Your beloved transcendental form, composed of pure goodness, along with the spiritual forms of Your pure devotees. ॥ 12-8-46 ॥
  6. siva.sh/manusmriti/3/98
    विद्यातपस्समृद्धेषु हुतं विप्रमुखाग्निषु । निस्तारयति दुर्गाच्च महतश्चैव किल्बिषात् ॥ ९८ ॥vidyAtapassamRddheSu hutaM vipramukhAgniSu । nistArayati durgAcca mahatazcaiva kilbiSAt ॥ 98 ॥An offering made in the mouth-fire of Brahmanas rich in sacred learning and austerities, saves from misfortune and from great guilt.
  7. siva.sh/ramayana/sundara-kanda/58/19
    स चाप्यन्तर्हितः शैलो मानुषेण वपुष्मता । शरीरेण महाशैलः शैलेन च महोदधौ ॥ ५-५८-१९sa cApyantarhitaH zailo mAnuSeNa vapuSmatA । zarIreNa mahAzailaH zailena ca mahodadhau ॥ 5-58-19''Then the huge mountain in human form concealed as huge mountains remain hidden in the ocean. ॥ 5-58-19॥
  8. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-12/3/11
    हिरण्यकशिपुर्वृत्रो रावणो लोकरावणः । नमुचिः शम्बरो भौमो हिरण्याक्षोऽथ तारकः ॥ १२-३-११ ॥hiraNyakazipurvRtro rAvaNo lokarAvaNaH । namuciH zambaro bhaumo hiraNyAkSo'tha tArakaH ॥ 12-3-11 ॥Hiraṇyakaśipu, Vṛtra, Rāvaṇa, who made the whole world lament, Namuci, Śambara, Bhauma, Hiraṇyākṣa and Tāraka, ॥ 12-3-11 ॥
  9. siva.sh/manusmriti/3/97
    नश्यन्ति हव्यकव्यानि नराणामविजानताम् । भस्मीभूतेषु विप्रेषु मोहाद् दत्तानि दातृभिः ॥ ९७ ॥nazyanti havyakavyAni narANAmavijAnatAm । bhasmIbhUteSu vipreSu mohAd dattAni dAtRbhiH ॥ 97 ॥The oblations to gods and manes, made by men ignorant (of the law of gifts), are lost, if the givers in their folly present (shares of them) to Brahmanas who are mere ashes.
  10. siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/53/35
    [स] हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि महद आख्यानम उत्तमम कृष्णद्वैपायन मतं महाभारतम आदितः ॥ १-५३-३५ ॥[sa] hanta te kathayiSyAmi mahada AkhyAnama uttamama kRSNadvaipAyana mataM mahAbhAratama AditaH ॥ 1-53-35 ॥'Sauti said, 'I shall recite to thee from the beginning of that excellent history called the Mahabharata composed by Vyasa. O Brahmana, listen to it in full, as I recite it. I feel great pleasure in reciting it.'' ॥ 1-53-35 ॥