Bhagavatapurana 7.1.11

7.1.11

kālaṃ carantaṃ sṛjatīśa āśrayaṃ pradhānapumbhyāṃ naradeva satyakṛt /
ya eṣa rājannapi kāla īśitā sattvaṃ surānīkamivaidhayatyataḥ /
tatpratyanīkān asurān surapriyo rajastamaskān pramiṇotyuruśravāḥ //

11. O king! The Lord, who, in relation to Pradhāna and jīva (the material cause and the individual soul), does only what is beneficial, gives them the present time for their help. [Pervading different things great and small, He may have both the dimensions; for, fire in association with fuel (thick or thin) bears the attributes of its associates.] This time promotes the strength of Satva, and so the Lord seems to make the gods more powerful as having predominating Satva, and as being beloved of the gods: the Lord of extensive glory seems to put down Asuras in whom Rajas and Tamas predominate and who stand opposed to the gods. (The glorious Lord Vishṇu frequently strengthens Satva and the gods for the continued existence and protection of what He creates) (i. e. Indeed He frequently strengthens Satva and the gods for the existence and protection of the world created by Himself).