Shiva Purana
मासार्धं च ततो नीत्वा मुनीन्संप्रार्थयत्तदा ॥ गौतमो मुनिवर्य्यस्स तेन दुःखेन दुखितः ॥ ४५॥
The excellent sage Gautama excessively distressed by this regrettable incident spent half of month thus and then requested.
english translation
mAsArdhaM ca tato nItvA munInsaMprArthayattadA ॥ gautamo munivaryyassa tena duHkhena dukhitaH ॥ 45॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript