The prajāpatis offered their prayers as follows: O Supreme Lord, Lord of even Brahmā and Śiva, we, the prajāpatis, were created by You to execute Your orders, but we were forbidden by Hiraṇyakaśipu to create any more good progeny. Now the demon is lying dead before us, his chest pierced by You. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, whose incarnation in this form of pure goodness is meant for the welfare of the entire universe.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
प्रजापतय ऊचुः । प्रजेशा वयं ते परेशाभिसृष्टा न येन प्रजा वै सृजामो निषिद्धाः । स एष त्वया भिन्नवक्षा नु शेते जगन्मङ्गलं सत्त्वमूर्तेऽवतारः
prajāpataya ūcuḥ | prajeśā vayaṃ te pareśābhisṛṣṭā na yena prajā vai sṛjāmo niṣiddhāḥ | sa eṣa tvayā bhinnavakṣā nu śete jaganmaṅgalaṃ sattvamūrte'vatāraḥ
SB 7.8.49