Skandapurana 5.201.3

5.201.3

kasyacinnirṇayo deyo madhyasthasya dvijottamaiḥ ..
vedavākyena saṃtyajya vākyaṃ manujasaṃbhavam o. 2 ..
kasmāttālatrayaṃ deyaṃ madhyagena mahātmanā ..
etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 3 ..

“How is a decision of an arbiter given by the best among brahmins / by means of Vedic speech, abandoning human speech? / Why should three claps of the hands be given by the high-souled arbiter? / Tell us all this, for our curiosity is indeed great.”