The great sage Maitreya said: Lord Śiva, the deliverer of the hill Kailāsa, having thus been addressed by his dear wife, replied smilingly, although at the same time he remembered the malicious, heart-piercing speeches delivered by Dakṣa before the guardians of the universal affairs.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ऋषिरुवाच । एवं गिरित्रः प्रिययाभिभाषितः प्रत्यभ्यधत्त प्रहसन् सुहृत्प्रियः । संस्मारितो मर्मभिदः कुवागिषून् यानाह को विश्वसृजां समक्षतः
ṛṣiruvāca | evaṃ giritraḥ priyayābhibhāṣitaḥ pratyabhyadhatta prahasan suhṛtpriyaḥ | saṃsmārito marmabhidaḥ kuvāgiṣūn yānāha ko viśvasṛjāṃ samakṣataḥ
SB 4.3.15