Shiva Purana
वरुण उवाच ॥ देवाज्ञां च समुल्लंघ्य कथं कुर्यामहं च ताम् ॥ अन्यत्प्रार्थय सुज्ञोऽसि यदहं करवाणि ते ॥ ११ ॥
Varuṇa said:— How can I countermand the behest of the gods? Please ask for something else. You are a wise man. I shall grant it.
english translation
varuNa uvAca ॥ devAjJAM ca samullaMghya kathaM kuryAmahaM ca tAm ॥ anyatprArthaya sujJo'si yadahaM karavANi te ॥ 11 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript