Bhagavatapurana 4.4.1

4.4.1

/0 maitreya uvāca
etāvad uktvā virarāma śaṅkaraḥ patny-aṅga-nāśaṃ hy ubhayatra cintayan /
suhṛd-didṛkṣuḥ pariśaṅkitā bhavān niṣkrāmatī nirviśatī dvidhāsa sā //

1. Maitreya said:—With this explanation (of the circumstances) Śankara stopped considering that, in either case, his wife’s body would be lost; eager to see her friends (relations) and afraid of Bhava (her Lord), she seemed to be two individuals, going out of and coming back into (the house.)