Markandeyapurana 63.11

63.11

trāyasveti nirīkṣyainaṃ sā tadā vākyamabravīt /
mā bhaiṣīriti sa prāha bhayaviplutalocanām //

Once upon a time, while he who was fascinating in his ways was roaming on Mount Mandara, he saw a lonely maiden helpless with fear on the mountain’s slope. Seeing him, at once she uttered the words “Save me!” “Fear not!” he exclaimed to her whose eyes were flooded with fear; “Why is this?” said the high-souled youth in heroic speech. Thereupon she gave him this account, in words broken by her palpitating breath.