Markandeyapurana 48.36

48.36

uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyastalasya jajñire /
sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ pūrvaṃ devāsurapitṝn prajāḥ //

The mighty adorable god created at the beginning of the kalpa the lightning, the thunderbolts and the clouds, and the ruddy rainbows, and the periods of life.[26] And created things great and small were produced from his limbs.

Having created the first four classes of beings, the gods, the Asuras, the pitṛs and mankind, he next created the things that exist both immoveable and moveable, the Takṣas, the Piśācas, the Grandharvas and the bevies of Apsarases, men and Kinnaras and Rākṣasas, birds, cattle, wild animals and snakes, and whatever is changeless and changeful, stationary and moveable.