Matsyapurana 23.12

23.12

stūyamānasya tasyābhūd adhiko dhāmasambhavaḥ
tejovitānādabhavad bhuvi divyauṣadhīgaṇaḥ //

Then by the Yogic glory of the Lord Brahmâ, *that*, became still more illustrious and merged into the moon. By Its lustre the herbs in the world profusely thrived and the moon became much more radiant in the night and consequently it (the moon) came to be the sovereign of the herbs and the Brâhmaṇas.—12-13