Devibhagavatapurana 9.18.28

9.18.28

kā tvaṃ mānini kalyāṇi sarvakalyāṇadāyini |
maunībhūte kiṅkare māṃ sambhāṣāṃ kuru sundari ||

That beautiful eyed Tulasî, full of love, replied to S’ankhachûda with smiling countenance and face bent low:-- “I am the daughter of the great king Vrisadhvaja. I have come to this forest for tapasyâ and am engaged in this. Who are you? What business have you to talk with me? You can go away wherever you like. I have heard in the S’âstras that persons born of a noble family never speak with ladies of a respectable family in privacy.