Shiva Purana

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दधीच उवाच ॥ अप्रपूज्ये चैव पूजा पूज्यानां चाप्य पूजने ॥ नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद्वै नात्र संशयः ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

Dadhīca said:— Indeed that man incurs great sin who does not worship those who deserve worship and worships those who do not befit it.

english translation

dadhIca uvAca ॥ aprapUjye caiva pUjA pUjyAnAM cApya pUjane ॥ naraH pApamavApnoti mahadvai nAtra saMzayaH ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/19/10

दधीच उवाच ॥ अप्रपूज्ये चैव पूजा पूज्यानां चाप्य पूजने ॥ नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद्वै नात्र संशयः ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

Dadhīca said:— Indeed that man incurs great sin who does not worship those who deserve worship and worships those who do not befit it.

english translation

dadhIca uvAca ॥ aprapUjye caiva pUjA pUjyAnAM cApya pUjane ॥ naraH pApamavApnoti mahadvai nAtra saMzayaH ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript