Bhagavatapurana 11.4.5

11.4.5

rudro 'pyayāya tamasā puruṣaḥ sa ādya % ity udbhava-sthiti-layāḥ satataṃ prajāsu //

and Rudra for dissolution through darkness; He is that primal Puruṣa; / thus creation, preservation, and dissolution continually occur among creatures.

11.4.5.p2

dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṃ $ nārāyaṇo nara ṛṣi-pravaraḥ praśāntaḥ &

From Dharma, through Dakṣa’s daughter Mūrti, was born / Nārāyaṇa and Nara, the best of sages, deeply serene,

6. He was born of Dharma by Murti, the daughter of Daksha and is known as Narayana, the foremost of Rishis in human form (in two forms as Narayana and as Nara, the foremost among Rishis) possessed of perfect tranquility, and expounded the nature of Atman, by which knowledge Karma is removed; and He practised *tapas* in the best form and is even to-day seen worshipped by the greatest of Rishis.

11.4.5.p3

dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṃ $ nārāyaṇo nara ṛṣi-pravaraḥ praśāntaḥ &

From Dharma, through Dakṣa’s daughter Mūrti, was born / Nārāyaṇa and Nara, the best of sages, deeply serene,