Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33
Sanskrit:
श्रीभगवानुवाचचरिष्ये वधनिर्वेशं लोकानुग्रहकाम्यया ।नियम: प्रथमे कल्पे यावान् स तु विधीयताम् ॥ ३३ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-bhagavān uvācacariṣye vadha-nirveśaṁlokānugraha-kāmyayāniyamaḥ prathame kalpeyāvān sa tu vidhīyatām
Translation:
The Personality of Godhead said: I will certainly perform the atonement for this killing, since I wish to show compassion to the people in general. Please, therefore, prescribe for Me whatever ritual is to be done first.