Lord Śiva said: My dear father, Brahmā, I do not mind the offenses created by the demigods. Because these demigods are childish and less intelligent, I do not take a serious view of their offenses, and I have punished them only in order to right them.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
महादेव उवाच । नाघं प्रजेश बालानां वर्णये नानुचिन्तये । देवमायाभिभूतानां दण्डस्तत्र धृतो मया
mahādeva uvāca | nāghaṃ prajeśa bālānāṃ varṇaye nānucintaye | devamāyābhibhūtānāṃ daṇḍastatra dhṛto mayā
SB 4.7.2