Markandeyapurana 49.20

49.20

icchatāñca tathāyāso manasaḥ samajāyata /
apāṃ saukṣmyaṃ tatastāsāṃ siddhirnānārasollasā //

This was this creation of the human race which the prajāpati formerly produced. Sprung of his lineage they worshipped this world, and they pay homage to rivers, lakes, and seas and the mountains also. During that age those human beings lived indeed feeling little cold or heat. They received delight according to their natural dispositions from the objects of sense, O wise Sir; no opposition, nor enmity, nor envy existed among them. They paid homage to the mountains and the seas; they lived wholly without habitations; their actions were unswayed by love; their minds were always joyful. Neither Piśācas, nor Nāgas, nor Rākṣasas, nor envious men, nor cattle, nor birds, nor crocodiles, nor fish, nor creeping insects, nor egg-born animals hindered them, (for those animals are the offspring of iniquity,) nor roots, nor fruits, nor flowers, nor the seasons, nor the years. Time was always happy; there was neither heat nor cold in excess; as time passed by, they attained wonderful perfection. Moreover they enjoyed satisfaction in the fore-noon and at noon; and again satisfaction came without exertion to those who wished for it, and exertion also sprang up in the mind of those who wished for it. The water was exquisite. Perfection was merry with many a delight for them;[3] and another was produced that conferred every wish. And with bodies uncared for, those human beings had lasting youth. Without resolve they produce offspring in pairs; alike is their birth and form, and together also they die. Devoid of desire and hatred they lived to each other. All were equal in form and length of life, without inferiority or superiority. They live their measure of life, four thousand human years; nor have they misfortunes through affliction. Everywhere moreover the earth was entirely blessed with good fortune.