Markandeyapurana 75.35

75.35

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
agnisālāṃ gato viprastacchrutvā tasya bhāṣitam /
priyetyāmantraṇañcaiva niścakrāma tvarānvitaḥ //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
The brāhman, who was in the room where the sacred fire burned, heard that his speech and the hailing her as “Dear!” and came out in haste. The muni saw high-souled king Durga-ma, bearing the royal insignia, bowing respectfully before him. Now on seeing him he spoke at once to his disciple Gautama — “Gautama! bring quickly the argha offering for this king. At length he has come alone after a long time, this king and in particular my son-in-law; I deem him worthy of the argha.”