Markandeyapurana 47.31

47.31

prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇastu saḥ /
tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargaḥ sa ucyate //

Now the creation of “mahat” is to be known as the first by Brahmā; and the second of the “tan-mātras” is called the creation of the “bhūtas and the third creation is that of the “vikāras,”[28] and it is perceptible by the senses. So was produced the creation from Prakṛti wherein Intelligence preceded. The “mukhya” creation was the fourth, the mukhya things are known as immoveable. The fifth was that called “tiryak-srotas”[29] and “tairyag-yonya.” Next was the sixth creation, that of the “ūrdhva-srotas”;[30] it is known as the creation of the gods. Then the creation of the “arvāk-srotas” is the seventh; it is that of mankind. The eighth creation is “anugraha”; it is characterized by goodness and ignorance. These last five creations are known as those which were evolved from the Vikāras,[31] and the first three as those evolved from Prakṛti.[32] The ninth creation was Prākṛta and also Vaikṛta; it is known as “Kaumāra.”[33] Thus these nine creations of the Prajāpati have been declared.