Bhagavatapurana 12.4.16

12.4.16

līyate cānile tejo vāyoḥ khaṃ grasate guṇam /
sa vai viśati khaṃ rājaṃs tataś ca nabhaso guṇam //

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then deprived of its property, becomes lost in Vayu; then the Akasa (ether) absorbs the property of Vayu which is withdrawn into the sky, O king.