Bhagavatapurana 2.10.4

2.10.4

sthitirvaikuṇṭhavijayaḥ poṣaṇaṃ tadanugrahaḥ /
manvantarāṇi saddharma ūtayaḥ karmavāsanāḥ //

4. The supremacy of the Lord Vaikuntha is called sthana or position, duration or continuance, for everything is kept in its proper place; maintenance or preservation is His grace; the account of the age of Manu consists in an account of the righteousness of pious men, and the acts of protection or desire for action consists of the tendencies implanted by karma.