Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26

Sanskrit:

सूत उवाचइति चन्द्रललामस्य धर्मगुह्योपबृंहितम् ।वचोऽमृतायनमृषिर्नातृप्यत् कर्णयो: पिबन् ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

sūta uvācaiti candra-lalāmasyadharma-gahyopabṛṁhitamvaco ’mṛtāyanam ṛṣirnātṛpyat karṇayoḥ piban

Translation:

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Drinking with his ears Lord Śiva’s nectarean words, full of the confidential essence of religion, Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi could not be satiated.

Purport:

Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi was not eager to hear himself praised by Lord Śiva, but he appreciated Lord Śiva’s deep realization of religious principles and therefore desired to hear more.