Matsyapurana 27.35

27.35

yadyahaṃ stuvatastāta duhitā pratigṛhṇataḥ
prasādayiṣye śarmiṣṭhām ityuktā hi sakhī mayā //
*śukra uvāca
stuvato duhitā na tvaṃ bhadre na pratigṛhṇataḥ
atastvaṃ stūyamānasya duhitā devayānyasi //

Is it true, that I am merely a singer in the palace of the Daityas, for Śarmiṣṭha, the daughter of Vṛṣparvan tells me so. She, with harsh and sharp words and eyes red with anger, spoke :—‘I am the daughter of a king, who is praised by thy father and who gives gifts to him, but accepts nothing from any body and whilst thou art the daughter of him who sings the praises of my father and begs and accepts gifts from him.’ Thus said Śarmiṣṭhâ, the daughter Vṛṣaparvan, with eyes red with anger and face flushed with pride. Father, I then said to Śarmiṣṭhâ that if I were the daughter of a panegyrist, and a beggar, I would also please her similarly.”—31-35.

Śukra said, “O child ! thou art not the daughter of a panegyrist or of a beggar ; on the other hand, thou art the daughter of one who is always praised by others, O Devayâni. King Vṛṣaparvan knows that my pure, matchless and inconceivable spirituality is my power ; so also know Indra and King Yayâti.—36-37.