Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27

Sanskrit:

विप्रकीर्णजटाच्छन्नं रौरवेणाजिनेन च ।विशुष्यत्तालुरुदकं तथाभूतमयाचत ॥ २७ ॥

ITRANS:

viprakīrṇa-jaṭācchannaṁrauraveṇājinena caviśuṣyat-tālur udakaṁtathā-bhūtam ayācata

Translation:

The sage, in meditation, was covered by the skin of a stag, and long, compressed hair was scattered all over him. The King, whose palate was dry from thirst, asked him for water.

Purport:

The King, being thirsty, asked the sage for water. That such a great devotee and king asked for water from a sage absorbed in trance was certainly providential. Otherwise there was no chance of such a unique happening. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was thus placed in an awkward position so that gradually Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam could be revealed.