Śrīpura-Nirmāṇa-Prastāva (Inquiry into Śrīpura and its Construction) / “The Proposal to Build Śrīpura”
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने मदनपुनर्भवो नाम त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः अगस्त्य उवाच किमिदं श्रीपुरं नाम केन रूपेण वर्तते / केन वानिर्मितं पूर्व तत्सर्वं मे निवदय
iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne madanapunarbhavo nāma triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ agastya uvāca kimidaṃ śrīpuraṃ nāma kena rūpeṇa vartate / kena vānirmitaṃ pūrva tatsarvaṃ me nivadaya
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the latter section, in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya, within the Lalitā narrative, is the thirtieth chapter called “Madanapunarbhava.” Agastya said: “What is this city named Śrīpura, and in what form does it abide? By whom was it formerly built? Tell me all of this.”