Bhagavatapurana 12.4.15

12.4.15

apāṃ rasam atho tejas tā līyante 'tha nīrasāḥ /
grasate tejaso rūpaṃ vāyus tad-rahitaṃ tadā //

15. & 16. Next Tejas (fire) absorbs the property of Rasa from Water, which being deprived of its property ceases to be as such; next Vayu absorbs the property called Rupa (colour) of fire, which, then deprived of its property, becomes lost in Vayu; then the Akasa (ether) absorbs the property of Vayu which is withdrawn into the sky, O king.