Matsyapurana 3.15

3.15

kecit pradhānam ity āhur avyaktam apare jaguḥ
etad eva prajāsṛṣṭiṃ karoti vikaroti ca //

The Lord replied that the presence of the three attributes, viz.—Satva, Rajas, Tamas, in equipoise, form the Prakṛiti. The same Prakṛiti is also known as Pradhâna, Avyakta and Mâyâ. The Creation springs from this very Prakṛiti and ultimately disappears into it. By a disturbance in these attributes, the same one form manifested itself into three, as Brahmâ, Viṣṇu and Maheśwara. Similarly, the presence of the three attributes in unequal parts begets Mahâtatva, which is also known as intellect. Egoism sprang from the Mahatatva, and the five organs of perception and other five organs of action, originated from Egoism.—14-18.