Bhagavatapurana 3.26.46

3.26.46

bhāvanaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ dhāraṇaṃ sad-viśeṣaṇam /
sarva-sattva-guṇodbhedaḥ pṛthivī-vṛtti-lakṣaṇam //

46. The characteristic states and properties of Prithivi are to become the image (the consecrated symbol or shrine) of Brahman, to stand independently in position, to afford support to other things, to be a means of showing (noting) distinctions in Akasa and other things and to be a medium for the manifestation of all the living beings and their qualities (in gross forms).