Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12
Sanskrit:
ब्रह्मा भृगुर्भवो दक्षो ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च येऽपरे ।नृदेवपितृभूतानि तेनासन्नतिविस्मिता: ॥ १२ ॥
ITRANS:
brahmā bhṛgur bhavo dakṣobrahma-putrāś ca ye ’parenṛ-deva-pitṛ-bhūtānitenāsann ati-vismitāḥ
Translation:
Lord Brahmā, Bhṛgu Muni, Lord Śiva, Prajāpati Dakṣa, the great sons of Brahmā, and many others among the human beings, demigods, forefathers and ghostly spirits — all were astonished by the achievement of Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi.