Skandapurana 6.3.7.1

6.3.7.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
punarekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame .
salilenāplute loke nirāloke tamodbhave .. 7.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Once again, in the dreadful single cosmic ocean, when all mobile and immobile beings had vanished, / when the world was inundated with water, devoid of light, and enveloped in darkness,