Skandapurana 5.69.2

5.69.2

.. sūta uvāca .. ..
tato niḥkṣatriye loke kṣattriṇyo vaṃśakāraṇāt ..
kṣetrajānbrāhmaṇebhyaśca suṣuvustanayā nvarān.....
te vṛddhiṃ ca samāsādya kṣetrajāḥ kṣatriyopamāḥ ..
jagṛhurmedinīṃ vīryātsaṃnirasya dvijottamān..2..

Sūta said: / Then, when the world was stripped of kṣatriyas, the kṣatriya women, for the sake of lineage, / gave birth through brahmins to excellent field-born sons. / These field-born sons, resembling kṣatriyas, grew to maturity, / and by their prowess expelled the best of the twice-born and seized the earth.