Sūta Gosvāmī said: O wise Śaunaka, thus satisfied by Mārkaṇḍeya’s praise and worship, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiling, replied, “So be it,” and then departed for His hermitage at Badarikāśrama.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सूत उवाच । इतीडितोऽर्चितः काममृषिणा भगवान् मुने । तथेति स स्मयन् प्रागाद्बदर्याश्रममीश्वरः
sūta uvāca | itīḍito'rcitaḥ kāmamṛṣiṇā bhagavān mune | tatheti sa smayan prāgādbadaryāśramamīśvaraḥ
SB 12.9.7