Markandeyapurana 70.1

70.1

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
athāruroha svarathaṃ praṇipatya mahāmunim /
tenākhyātaṃ vanantacca prayayāvutpalāvatam //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Then the king prostrated himself before the great muni, and mounted his chariot, and went to the forest Utpalāvata mentioned by him. And the king saw[2] the brāhman’s wife, in appearance such as her husband described her, eating the fruit of the bel tree;[3] and asked — “How didst thou come to this forest, lady? tell me plainly; art thou the wife of Suśarman Vaiśāli?[4]