Bhagavatapurana 11.4.4

11.4.4

jñānaṃ svataḥ śvasanato balam oja īhā % sattvādibhiḥ sthiti-layodbhava ādi-kartā //

from whom arises knowledge by nature, strength, vitality, and effort through His breath, / who, through purity and the other qualities, is the primal creator of preservation, dissolution, and creation.

11.4.4.p2

ādāv abhūc chata-dhṛtī rajasāsya sarge $ viṣṇuḥ sthitau kratu-patir dvija-dharma-setuḥ &

In the beginning, through passion, He became the hundred-sacrificed Brahmā for creation; / in preservation, Viṣṇu, the Lord of sacrifice, the bridge of the twice-born dharma;

5. In the beginning that First and Perfect Person became Brahma in association with Rajas for the creation of this Universe; for its maintenance He became Vishnu in association with Satva,

11.4.4.p3

ādāv abhūc chata-dhṛtī rajasāsya sarge $ viṣṇuḥ sthitau kratu-patir dvija-dharma-setuḥ &

In the beginning, through passion, He became the hundred-sacrificed Brahmā for creation; / in preservation, Viṣṇu, the Lord of sacrifice, the bridge of the twice-born dharma;

being the Lord of sacrifices and the one protection of the righteous courses of the twice-born; and in association with Tamas He became Rudra for the purpose of its dissolution and this is the eternal course of origin, subsistence and destruction of creatures.