Bhagavatapurana 4.21.28

4.21.28

manor uttānapādasya dhruvasyāpi mahīpateḥ /
priyavratasya rājarṣer aṅgasyāsmat-pituḥ pituḥ //

28, 29, 30. In the view of Manu, Uttanapada, even king Dhruva, Priyavrata the saintly king as also king Anga, my grand-father and of many others like these, of the fourfaced Brahma and Siva, of Prahlada and Bali there is something gained or to be gained from Gadabhrut (Sri Narayana, the wielder of mace) (according to their view there is the necessity for admitting the existence of god). Except in the view of the grandson (Vena) and the like forming the race of *mrityu* (Death) there is the necessity for an all-powerful God in respect of the pitiable creatures perplexed with regard to righteous courses; for there must be generally but one common cause (power) which confers the three objects of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Swarga and Moksha.