Saurapurana 22.30

22.30

ete pañca samākhyātāḥ sargo devena bhānunā
mahataḥ prathamaḥ sargo jñātavyo brahmaṇo dvijāḥ

These five creations were declared by the god Bhānu. / The first creation of Brahmā is to be known as that from the Mahat, O twice-born;