Skandapurana 6.3.78.3

6.3.78.3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
parameṣṭhisutaḥ pārtha nārado munisattamaḥ .
revāyāścottare kūle tapastena purā kṛtam .. 78.3 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Nārada, the son of the Supreme Lord [Brahmā], is the best of sages, O son of Pṛthā; / formerly, austerity was performed by him on the northern bank of the Revā.