Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51

Sanskrit:

श्रीभगवानुवाचब्रह्मंस्तेऽनुग्रहार्थाय सम्प्राप्तान् विद्ध्यमून् मुनीन् ।सञ्चरन्ति मया लोकान् पुनन्त: पादरेणुभि: ॥ ५१ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-bhagavān uvācabrahmaṁs te ’nugrahārthāyasamprāptān viddhy amūn munīnsañcaranti mayā lokānpunantaḥ pāda-reṇubhiḥ

Translation:

The Supreme Lord said: My dear brāhmaṇa, you should know that these great sages have come here just to bless you. They travel throughout the worlds with Me, purifying them with the dust of their feet.

Purport:

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa thought Śrutadeva had shown too much reverence to Him and not enough to the sages, and thus He turned the brāhmaṇa’s attention to them.