Garudapurana 3.2.44

3.2.44

annābhimānaṃ brahma cāhurmurāriṃ jīvābhimānaṃ vāyumāhurmahāntaḥ /
na śaktosau brahmadevo vivastuṃ vāyuṃ vinā saṃsṛtāveva nityam //

The great ones call Murāri the presiding deity of food, Brahman; they call Vāyu the presiding deity of individual souls; / that god Brahmā is not capable of dwelling eternally in transmigration without Vāyu;