Devibhagavatapurana 4.1.46

4.1.46

so'lpenaiva tu kālena virāṭatanayāsutaḥ |
tāpasasya gale sarpaṃ nyastavānkathamadbhutam ||

And why did my honoured father, born of Uttara in this respected family, encircle a snake round the neck of a Brâhmin ascetic?
No body, born of a Ksattriya family, shews signs of hatred and jealousy towards a Brâhmin. Is it that my father shewed such feeling to that ascetic, who took the vow of silence!
O Best of the Munis -- These things and lots of others are troubling my mind with many grave doubts. O merciful saint! You know every thing; be kind enough to quell this the disturbed state of my mind.
Thus ends the First Adhyâya in the Fourth Book of S’rî Mad Devî Bhâgavata Purâna of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyâsa.