Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 54.40

54.40

tebhyo nivedayāmāsa yathāvṛttaṃ nṛpottamaḥ /
sa taistadābhyanujñātaḥ kāṣṭhānyādāya yatnataḥ //

The best of kings reported to them what had happened.
Permitted by them, he carefully gathered firewood;