Shiva Purana
ऋथिरुवाच ॥ एकार्णवां महीं दृष्ट्वा प्रोचतुः केशवं वचः ॥ आवां जहि न यत्रासौ धरणी पयसाऽ ऽप्लुता ॥ ७४ ॥
The sage said:— On seeing the earth covered by a great expanse of ocean they spoke to Keśava:—“Kill us in a spot where the earth is not covered with water.”
english translation
RthiruvAca ॥ ekArNavAM mahIM dRSTvA procatuH kezavaM vacaH ॥ AvAM jahi na yatrAsau dharaNI payasA' 'plutA ॥ 74 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript