Shiva Purana
तपोनिष्ठा ज्ञाननिष्ठा योगिनो यतयस्तथा । पूजायाः पात्रमेते हि पापसंक्षयकारणम् १३ ।
Persons of unflinching devotion to austerities and perfect knowledge, yogins and ascetics deserve holy worship since they quell others’ sins.
english translation
taponiSThA jJAnaniSThA yogino yatayastathA । pUjAyAH pAtramete hi pApasaMkSayakAraNam 13 ।
hk transliteration by Sanscript