Bhagavatapurana 3.5.5

3.5.5

karoti karmāṇi kṛtāvatāro yāny ātma-tantro bhagavāṃs tryadhīśaḥ /
yathā sasarjāgra idaṃ nirīhaḥ saṃsthāpya vṛttiṃ jagato vidhatte //

5 to 9. O best of wise Brahmins, be pleased to explain to us the following:—What (great) deeds the glorious Lord, the absolute Maker, and the ruler of the three gunas of Maya, does in His avatars; how in the beginning, the Lord who has no desire or is devoid of the attribute of activity, created this world, how He gives it a firm existence and provides it with the means of subsistence; how He again withdraws it into the sky of His bosom, and how refraining from all activity He sleeps in the cave (Yogamaya); how the great Lord of the masters of yoga, one as He is, entered into this (world) became many (as Brahma, Rudra and so on); (what He did) by way of His Leelas in His various avatars for the well-being of Brahmanas, cows and gods; for, our mind is never completely satisfied though we frequently hear of the nectar of the deeds of the Lord, who