Shiva Purana

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बंधुराजभयाद्बुद्धिश्रद्धा सा च कनीयसी । सर्वाभावे दरिद्र स्तु वाचा वा कर्मणा यजेत् ५६ ।

sanskrit

Devotion to God out of fear for kinsmen or royal punishment is of inferior sort. An indigent person bereft of all means of livelihoods shall worship verbally or by means of physical activities.

english translation

baMdhurAjabhayAdbuddhizraddhA sA ca kanIyasI | sarvAbhAve daridra stu vAcA vA karmaNA yajet 56 |

hk transliteration