Shiva Purana
तस्य पत्नी गले बद्ध्वा मध्यमं पुत्रमौरसम्॥ शेषस्य भरणार्थाय व्यक्रीणाद्गोशतेन च॥ ५६॥
His wife tied her middle son round her neck and offered him for sale in exchange for a hundred cows in order to sustain the other children.
english translation
tasya patnI gale baddhvA madhyamaM putramaurasam॥ zeSasya bharaNArthAya vyakrINAdgozatena ca॥ 56॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript