Skandapurana 16.35.10

16.35.10

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..
bhagavanbhārgave vaṃśe jātaḥ ko'pi mahādyutiḥ ..
agnirūpeṇa sarvaṃ sa dadāha vasudhātalam .. ..
kṛto yatnaḥ purā'smābhistadvināśāya sattama ..
jalena vṛddhimāyāti tato no bhayamāgatam .. 7.1.35.10 ..

The gods said: / "O Lord, someone of great splendour has been born in the lineage of Bhṛgu; / in the form of fire, he has burned the entire surface of the earth. / An effort was made previously by us to destroy him, O best of beings, / [yet] through water he increases, and so fear has come upon us.