Skandapurana 1.4.30.150

1.4.30.150

smarātmānaṃ yadarthaṃ tvamutpanno'si maheśvarāt..
sādhūnāṃ pālanārthāya duṣṭasaṃharaṇāya ca..
suraviprakṛte janma jīvitaṃ ca mahātmanām.. 32.150 ..

Remember yourself, and the purpose for which you were born from Maheśvara:
for the protection of the virtuous and the destruction of the wicked.
The birth and life of noble souls is for the sake of the gods and brahmins.