Skandapurana 7.10.29_44

7.10.29_44

samīkṣya caitallokasya dharmaścāpi16 pravarttitaḥ .
nābhūtastad bhaved daitya iti no varado bhava ..21..

And considering this world, dharma was set in motion; / let it not be rendered non-existent, O daitya: thus be a grantor of a boon to us.