Skandapurana 16.34

Īśvara said:
Having obtained the supreme boon from the submarine fire,
that high-minded goddess prepared again to cast it into the ocean.

By command of the gods, she stood then before Prabhāsa,
calling the ocean, desiring to deliver the submarine fire.

“You are the beginning of all the gods; you are always the life-breath of living beings.
By command of the gods, come and receive the submarine fire, O ocean!”

When that lord of waters was thus contemplated by the goddess,
he, of great splendor, emerged from the water and approached.

Seeing him, the goddess was amazed: he was like another celestial Viṣṇu,
dark, lotus-petal-eyed, the exceedingly charming ocean,

with diverse garlands and ornaments, diverse garments and unguents,
surrounded by rivers in women's forms of like appearance.

Seeing him of such a form, the goddess Sarasvatī,
the daughter of Brahmā, smiling purely, said this to the ocean:

“You are the firstborn among all that arises in existence; you are the life of mortal beings.
Therefore, perform the desired task of the gods: receive the fire brought here.”

In the meantime, he too, considering the whole matter with his intellect as to what was fitting here, [thought]:
“By receiving this fire, the purpose of the gods will be accomplished by me.”

As he was thus thinking, the receiving of the submarine fire
became pleasing to the ocean, when it was for the relief of the gods' distress.

Then that goddess was earnestly addressed by him who stood before her:
“Hand over this submarine fire, the enemy of the gods, O Sarasvatī!”

Then, having quickly bowed to those headed by the Grandfather [Brahmā]
and to the cāraṇas stationed in heaven, Sarasvatī of beautiful and variegated limbs,

addressed the submarine fire resting in her hand once again:
“The gods have said, ‘Devour these waters!’”

Having spoken thus, the mighty submarine fire was then delivered
to the ocean by the goddess Sarasvatī by order of the gods.

Having delivered it, the goddess Sarasvatī then became a river,
and entered the ocean by the path of Nāradeśvara.

Offering an arghya into the salt waters in the presence of Daityasūdana,
and installing Arghyeśvara to the west of Daityasūdana,

that great five-streamed river then entered the sea;
holy by her very nature, she became even holier

through contact with Prabhāsakṣetra and union with the ocean.
The ocean too, having received the submarine fire from Sarasvatī,
thought, like a pauper who has found wealth: “Where shall I place it?”

With that fire blazing in his hand, placed upon his peak,
the ocean shone like another Mount Meru.

Seeing him in that condition, the aquatic creatures that lived there,
the hosts of sea monsters, terrified of burning, raised a great cry.

Hearing that dreadful cry, Daityasūdana arrived
and said to all the hosts of sea monsters: “Do not fear, O very mighty ones!

Since the waters are first to be devoured by him, not the creatures
dwelling in them, therefore you must not fear, by my command.”

Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, the aquatic creatures fell silent.

When all the aquatic creatures fell silent, Acyuta said to the lord of the waters: / "Cast the submarine fire into the midst of the waters."

Then that submarine fire was cast into the deep water by Varuṇa; / drinking that water, he abides there, possessing exceedingly great power.

Agitated by the breath-wind from his exhale, that water beyond the ocean / runs hither and thither, like an unruly young woman.

Then, as time passed, O goddess, the water slowly dried up; / perceiving that those waters were being depleted, the ocean thereupon

spoke thus to the lotus-eyed one: "Make the waters inexhaustible; / otherwise, upon the complete destruction of the waters, Janārdana, this submarine fire will devour me next!"

Hearing this terrifying statement from the ocean, / he made that water inexhaustible, destroying his fear.

Knowing this entire deed, the restraint of this fire, / and the enticement accompanied by water, the gods worshipped Keśava as he moved there.

Thus Sarasvatī, destroyer of all sins, / arrived at the excellent sacred field of Prabhāsa from the world of Brahmā, O great goddess.

South-east of Someśa, near the ocean, / the great goddess stays, bearing the submarine fire.

Having first bathed at Agnitīrtha, a man should worship her according to rule; / there [should be offered] food to a married couple, and garments with bodices.

Having given [these], he should then worship Mahādeva Kapardin. / Such was the event, O goddess, that occurred formerly in the Cākṣuṣa manvantara,

concerning the great-souled submarine fire born in the lineage of Dadhīci. / When, O great goddess, this present Vaivasvata manvantara arrived, / Aurva, the great twice-born, was born in the lineage of Bhṛgu.

Restrained by Sarasvatī, the mother of the gods, he of great radiance / will remain within the waters until the end of the manvantara.

Thus the origin of Sarasvatī has been told to you, O goddess; / when heard, it removes the sins of mortals, grants renown, and increases merit.

Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Greatness of the Descent of Sarasvatī', in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first [subdivision] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh [book] of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].