Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34
Sanskrit:
श्रीऋषिरुवाचअभ्यर्थित: सुरगणै: पौरहित्ये महातपा: ।स विश्वरूपस्तानाह प्रसन्न: श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥ ३४ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-ṛṣir uvācaabhyarthitaḥ sura-gaṇaiḥpaurahitye mahā-tapāḥsa viśvarūpas tān āhaprasannaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā
Translation:
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When all the demigods requested the great Viśvarūpa to be their priest, Viśvarūpa, who was advanced in austerities, was very pleased. He replied to them as follows.