Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22
Sanskrit:
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनयो ये धृतव्रता: ।अन्वशिक्षन्व्रतं तस्य कौमारब्रह्मचारिण: ॥ २२ ॥
ITRANS:
aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇimunayo ye dhṛta-vratāḥanvaśikṣan vrataṁ tasyakaumāra-brahmacāriṇaḥ
Translation:
Vibhu remained a brahmacāri and never married throughout his life. From him, eighty-eight thousand other saintly persons took lessons on self-control, austerity and similar behavior.