Skandapurana 7.16.24_112

7.16.24_112

satya52 sāramayā hyete53 viprāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā .
siddhirna teṣvatuṣṭeṣu54 śakyā prāptuṃ surairapi . .55..

For these brahmins were created by the self-manifest [Brahmā] out of the essence of truth;
if they are displeased, success cannot be attained even by the gods.