Markandeyapurana 6.23

6.23

krameṇetthaṃ vanaṃ śaurirvokṣamāṇo manoramam /
jagāmānugataḥ strībhirlatāgṛhamanuttamam //

So gazing on the delightful forest, Śauri accompanied by the maidens gradually proceeded onwards to an incomparable bower of creepers. There he saw brahmans, deeply read in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, belonging to the families of Kuśika, and Bhṛgu, Bharadvāja, and Grotama, and brahmans sprung from various families, all eagerly listening to the tales, seated on large outer garments made of the hide of the black antelope, and on the kuśa grass and on kuśa-grass seats; and Sūta (their bard) in the midst, reciting glorious tales of the olden times, based on the deeds of the first Surarṣiss. Seeing Rāma, whose eyes were red with drinking, all the brahmans, perceiving he was intoxicated, rose up in haste, saluting the plough-bearer, except that scion of the bards. Then filled with rage, the mighty plough-bearer, who caused all the Dānavas to quake, rolling his eye, smote Sūta.