Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: Great saintly persons who strictly observed the spiritual rules and regulations and whose own effulgence dissipated all the darkness of all directions once came to see Lord Śiva in that forest.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
श्रीशुक उवाच । एकदा गिरिशं द्रष्टुमृषयस्तत्र सुव्रताः । दिशो वितिमिराभासाः कुर्वन्तः समुपागमन्
śrīśuka uvāca | ekadā giriśaṃ draṣṭumṛṣayastatra suvratāḥ | diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ kurvantaḥ samupāgaman
SB 9.1.29