ऋषिसर्गवर्णन (Rishi-Sarga Varṇana) — Account of the Creation/Origination of Sages and Beings
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे ऋषिसर्गवर्णनं नाम प्रथमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच विनिवृत्ते प्रजासर्गे षष्ठे वै चाक्षुषस्य ह / प्रजाः सृजेति व्यदिष्टः स्वयं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde ṛṣisargavarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca vinivṛtte prajāsarge ṣaṣṭhe vai cākṣuṣasya ha / prajāḥ sṛjeti vyadiṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, spoken by Vāyu, in the middle section, in the third introductory division, begins the first chapter called “The Description of the Creation of the Sages.” Sūta said: when the sixth creation of beings in the time of Cākṣuṣa had ceased, Svayambhū commanded Dakṣa himself, “Create the creatures.”