Skandapurana 1.3.33.30

1.3.33.30

śabaryā vacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca vṛṣadhvajaḥ..
maivaṃ vada viśālākṣi na tyaktā sā tapasvinī..
yadi tyaktā mayā tanvi kiṃ vaktumiha pāryate.. 35.30 ..

Hearing the words of the Śabarī woman, the bull-bannered god replied: / "Do not speak thus, O large-eyed woman; that ascetic woman has not been abandoned. / If she was abandoned by me, O slender lady, what more can be said here?