Skandapurana 5.23.12

5.23.12

atha tānmānuṣībhūtānpapracchurlubdhakā mṛgān..
mṛgayūthaṃ samāyātaṃ mārgeṇānena sāṃpratam ..
kena mārgeṇa niryātaṃ tasmādvadata mā ciram .. 12 ..

Then the hunters questioned those deer that had become humans: / “A herd of deer arrived along this path just now. / By which path did it escape? Tell us from that, without delay!”