Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14

Sanskrit:

तानाह देवदेवेश: प्रणतान् प्रहसन्निव ।आसामेकतमां वृङ्‍ध्वं सवर्णां स्वर्गभूषणाम् ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

tān āha deva-deveśaḥpraṇatān prahasann ivaāsām ekatamāṁ vṛṅdhvaṁsa-varṇāṁ svarga-bhūṣaṇām

Translation:

The Supreme Lord of lords then smiled slightly and told the representatives of heaven, who were bowing down before Him, “Please choose one of these women, whomever you find suitable for you. She will become the ornament of the heavenly planets.”

Purport:

Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi was almost laughing upon seeing the defeat of the demigods. However, being extremely grave, He did not actually laugh. Although the demigods might have thought, “We are simply low-class fools in comparison to these women,” the Lord encouraged them to choose one of the women, whomever they considered equal in character to themselves. The beauty thus selected would become the ornament of heaven.