Matsyapurana 171.2

171.2

prajvalanniva tejobhir bhābhiḥ svābhistamonudaḥ
babhāse sarvadharmasthaḥ sahasrāṃśurivāṃśubhiḥ //

Matsya said —The highly energetic Brahmâ, the chief of the knowers of Brahmâ, with His arms uplifted, began to practise severe austerities within the above mentioned lotus Driving away all darkness with His lustre He shone forth like the Sun Afterwards, Viṣṇu, in another assumed form of a Yogâchârya appeared before Brahmâ as the Spiritual guide The sage Kapila—the great Preceptor of Sânkhya—also appeared along with Him. Both of them went to Brahmâ singing His praises. Afterwards both the Professors of the Supreme knowledge and adored by the Ṛiṣis spoke to Brahmâ of immeasurable lustre, thus —It is Brahmâ who resides embracing the whole universe, who is tied fast with the knowledge of Brahmâ and self, and who is worshipped by the three worlds, that is the Creator of all the Bhûtas, when the latter absorbed in His contemplation hearing their words, created by His yogic power, the three realms on the basis of the Brahmâ Sruti Brahmâ created a son from His desire who immediately on being born, went to Him and said "In what way shall I assist you?"—19