Skandapurana 5.23.13

5.23.13

.. mānuṣā ūcuḥ .. ..
vayaṃ te hariṇāḥ sarve mānuṣatvaṃ sudurlabham ..
tīrthasyā'sya prabhāvena prāptāḥ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 13 ..

The humans said: / “We were all those deer; human state, so very hard to attain, / we have gained by the power of this sacred ford—truly, there is no doubt!”