Matsyapurana 175.28

175.28

bahūni vipra gotrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
ekadehāni tiṣṭhanti viviktāni vinā prajāḥ //

The demon Hiraṇyakaśyapu also appeared there The Brahmarṣis then said 'Bhagvān! this Your attempt is to root out the race of the Risis You are the only survivor and there is none in your family and you are devoting yourself to rigid austerities in the flower of your life So many sages are all by themselves without any offspring and in the same way the families of the Risis have died out ated in the absence of any progeny The Risisis look entirely cut off from the world You have become illustrious like Prajāpati by virtue of your asceticism but you should also beget a son for the continuance of your family You have renounced householders life, therefore create another body by getting another soul out of your own—25 30