Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41

Sanskrit:

तथापरे सिद्धगणा महर्षिभि-र्ये वै समन्तादनु नीललोहितम् ।नमस्कृत: प्राह शशाङ्कशेखरंकृतप्रणामं प्रहसन्निवात्मभू: ॥ ४१ ॥

ITRANS:

tathāpare siddha-gaṇā maharṣibhirye vai samantād anu nīlalohitamnamaskṛtaḥ prāha śaśāṅka-śekharaṁkṛta-praṇāmaṁ prahasann ivātmabhūḥ

Translation:

All the sages who were sitting with Lord Śiva, such as Nārada and others, also offered their respectful obeisances to Lord Brahmā. After being so worshiped, Lord Brahmā, smiling, began to speak to Lord Śiva.

Purport:

Lord Brahmā was smiling because he knew that Lord Śiva is not only easily satisfied but easily irritated as well. He was afraid that Lord Śiva might be in an angry mood because he had lost his wife and had been insulted by Dakṣa. In order to conceal this fear, he smiled and addressed Lord Śiva as follows.