Shiva Purana

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निष्फलस्त्वदृते यज्ञः सांगश्च सहदक्षिणः । अथाह देवः कितवं केतकं कूटसाक्षिणम् १४ ।

Even though a sacrifice is complete with all the ancillary rites and offerings of monetary gifts, it will be fruitless without you. Then the lord turned to the deceitful Ketaka flower guilty of perjury.

english translation

niSphalastvadRte yajJaH sAMgazca sahadakSiNaH | athAha devaH kitavaM ketakaM kUTasAkSiNam 14 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript