Bhagavatapurana 3.5.25

3.5.25

sā vā etasya saṃdraṣṭuḥ śaktiḥ sad-asad-ātmikā /
māyā nāma mahā-bhāga yayedaṃ nirmame vibhuḥ //

Verse 24. एकराट् V. Having one uniform uninterrupted light never subject to increase or decrease as in the case of the soul. सुप्तशक्तिः One whose Sakti in the form of Chit and Achit is in the subtle state. In that state the Supreme Being did not see anything of the visible effect. That He seemed to regard Himself as a non-being means that He was in a state in which He cannot be practically thought of, spoken of or dealt with in any manner, i.e., as one having neither forms or names. The particle इव indicates that the Lord is conscious of His relation to the subtle Chit and Achit as His body. D. The purport is "how Hari who was alone in the beginning began to think of creating the world again." एकराट् D. One supreme ruler. During Pralaya, He saw nothing of the gross world as existing, since everything had been withdrawn into Prakriti. His power of seeing was not affected, for He is the द्रष्टा a seer. And His vision is never interrupted by sleep. He saw (regarded) the आत्मानं the jiva class as if not existing, since it lay powerless. 25. And that indeed is the power of this perfect Seer which is in the form of both cause and effect, which is perceptible and imperceptible and which is essentially the self and the soul of the perceptible and the imperceptible; O highly blessed one, it is known as Maya, and in association with it, the omnipresent Being created this world.