Markandeya said : Thus questioned by that cheerful Rishi and having seen him eager to learn and at the same time possessed of great intelligence, Sarasvati spoke these virtuous and beneficial words to the Brahmana Tarkshya.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवं पृष्टा प्रीतियुक्तेन तेन शुश्रूषुमीक्ष्योत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम्। तालुं विप्रंधर्मयुक्तं हितं च सरस्वती वाक्यमिदं बभाषे॥