Skandapurana 6.3.19.46

6.3.19.46

sa tāṃ samuttārya mahājalaughātsamudramāryo vyabhajatsamastam .
mahārṇaveṣveva mahārṇavāmbho nikṣepayāmāsa punarnadīṣu .. 19.46 ..

Having raised her from the great flood of water, the noble one divided the entire ocean;
he poured back the water of the great ocean into the oceans and into the rivers.