Skandapurana 7.1.27_85

7.1.27_85

sadā vācyamidaṃ6 guhyaṃ yatīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .
tataḥ provāca
- - - prapa-nnenāntarātmanā . .5. .
purā brahmā prajā7 tvaṣṭuraṇḍesmin8
saṃprasūyata .

This secret must always be spoken to ascetics whose selves are purified. / Then he spoke […] with an inner self that had taken refuge: / Formerly Brahmā, [born as] the offspring of the Creator, was born in this egg.