Bhagavatapurana 5.12.9

5.12.9

evaṃ niruktaṃ kṣiti-śabda-vṛttam asan nidhānāt paramāṇavo ye /
avidyayā manasā kalpitās te yeṣāṃ samūhena kṛto viśeṣaḥ //

9. Thus is explained the function of the word, Earth, since it vanishes into subtle atoms which are but the creation of theorists after their minds and this also is thine own creation through Avidya;

and the particular gross form called the earth is again the product of those atoms forming into a collection.

of the mind under the force of Avidya (thus the transient character of the earth also is made clear.)

D. In the same manner (for the reason that he pervades everything He is denoted by the word Prithivi) the import of the term *kshiti* *i. e.*, that which becomes the support, or, abode of all is none but the Lord. That the atoms which assemble to form the Earth of dimensions become the support of the world of mobile and immobile creatures is indeed remote from consideration; but through Avidya the mind creates them as support but they cannot be any real support.