Markandeyapurana 57.60

57.60

tadetad bhārataṃ varṣaṃ sarvabījaṃ dvijottama /
brahmatvamamareśatvaṃ devatvaṃ marutastathā //

Then this country Bhārata is filled with every kind of seed, O brāhman. It has the supremacy of Brahmā, the lordship of the Ruler of the Immortals, the divinity of the gods, and the mortal nature of men.[314] It has various kinds of wild animals, cattle and aquatic animals;[315] and all creeping things likewise. And from it are produced[316] all immovable things, together with things good or bad. No other land of action exists among the worlds, O brāhman. Even among the gods, O saintly brāhman, this is ever in truth[317] the wish — “Oh, that we shall become men on the earth, when we fall from our divine condition! A man indeed does actions that the gods and demons cannot do!” Those who are involved in the fetters of such action, who are eager to proclaim their own actions,[318] and who are possessed of a small portion of happiness perform no action at all.