Shiva Purana
गंगादिष्वपि निक्षिप्य वह्निद्वारा तदंशतः ॥ तत्समाहृत्य शनकैस्तोकंस्तोकमितस्ततः ॥ ३३ ॥
They also placed a portion of it in the Ganges and other places through fire. Slowly gathering it up little by little here and there.
english translation
gaMgAdiSvapi nikSipya vahnidvArA tadaMzataH ॥ tatsamAhRtya zanakaistokaMstokamitastataH ॥ 33 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript