Skandapurana 5.80.25

5.80.25

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṃte bhramatastasyabhūtalam ..
viprasya pakṣināthasya varārthāya drijottamāḥ .. 25 ..

Thus, at the end of a thousand years of wandering the surface of the earth
for the sake of a groom, O best of brahmins, for that brahmin and the lord of birds, 25