Shiva Purana
एवमुक्तो महादेव्या वामदेवः स्मयन्निव ॥ न तां निर्बंधयामास देवकार्यचिकीर्षया ॥ ५८ ॥
Thus replied to by the goddess, Śiva did not insist on his point as he desired to carry out the task of the gods.
english translation
evamukto mahAdevyA vAmadevaH smayanniva ॥ na tAM nirbaMdhayAmAsa devakAryacikIrSayA ॥ 58 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript