Matsyapurana 2.25

2.25

*matsya uvāca
mahāpralayakālānta etadāsīttamomayam
prasuptamiva cātarkyam aprajñātamalakṣaṇam //

Matsya said that during the period of Great Dissolution the universe was enveloped in darkness and was in a state of trance, as it were, inconceivable, still, and undefinable. In that state of unimaginable and indescribable trance, appeared Lord Svayambhu, who is also known as Nârayaṇa, owing to His omnipresence in Sthûla-śarira, made His appearance to create the universe.—25-27.