Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
दृष्टानुश्रविके यस्मात्सक्ताः शब्दादिलक्षणे / अष्टात्मके ऽणिमाद्ये च तस्मात्ते जज्ञिरे सुराः
dṛṣṭānuśravike yasmātsaktāḥ śabdādilakṣaṇe / aṣṭātmake 'ṇimādye ca tasmātte jajñire surāḥ
Because they were attached to what is seen and heard, to the marks beginning with sound, and to the eightfold powers such as aṇimā, therefore they were born as suras, the gods.