Shiva Purana
अजानतः कथं सृष्टिं बालिशा वै करिष्यथ ॥ दिशं कांचिदजानंतस्तस्माद्विज्ञाय तां भुवम् ॥ ७ ॥
How can you fools create without knowing it? They did not know any direction so they knew that the earth.
english translation
ajAnataH kathaM sRSTiM bAlizA vai kariSyatha ॥ dizaM kAMcidajAnaMtastasmAdvijJAya tAM bhuvam ॥ 7 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript