Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ गौतमोऽपि विचार्यैव लोके विश्रुतमित्युत॥ अन्यथा न भवेदेव तस्मादुक्तं समाचरेत्॥ १६॥
Suta said. Gautama also considered it and said that it was well known in the world. Otherwise it will not happen therefore one should do what is said.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ gautamo'pi vicAryaiva loke vizrutamityuta॥ anyathA na bhavedeva tasmAduktaM samAcaret॥ 16॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript