Shiva Purana
गौतमो दूरतः स्थित्वा नत्वा तानृषिसत्तमान्॥ पप्रच्छ विनयाविष्टः किं कार्यं हि मयाधुना ॥ ४८॥
Gautama stood far off. Bowing down to the sages he humbly asked them what he should do.
english translation
gautamo dUrataH sthitvA natvA tAnRSisattamAn॥ papraccha vinayAviSTaH kiM kAryaM hi mayAdhunA ॥ 48॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript