Shiva Purana
महत्स्वपि च पातेषु महारागभयादिषु ॥ दुर्भिक्षादिषु शांत्यर्थं शांतिं कुर्यादनेन तु ॥ ९८ ॥
When great sins are committed, when there is a terror of great epidemics, famine or any other calamity, this rite shall be performed for the pacification of the evil.
english translation
mahatsvapi ca pAteSu mahArAgabhayAdiSu ॥ durbhikSAdiSu zAMtyarthaM zAMtiM kuryAdanena tu ॥ 98 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript