Skandapurana 16.33.3

16.33.3

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
ukto yadāsau vibudhaiḥ samastairāpaḥ purā tvaṃ bhuvi bhakṣayasva ..
yato'marāṇāṃ prathamaṃ hi jātā āpo'grajāḥ sarvasurāsurebhyaḥ .. 3 ..

Īśvara said:
When he was told of old by all the gods: "Devour the waters on the earth, / since the waters were born first of the immortals, the firstborn of all gods and asuras";