Vishnupurana 1.3.2

1.3.2

parāśara uvāca:
śaktayaḥ sarvabhāvānām acintyajñānagocarāḥ
yato 'to brahmaṇas tās tu sargādyā bhāvaśaktayaḥ
bhavanti tapatāṃ śreṣṭha pāvakasya yathoṣṇatā //

PARÁŚARA.--The essential properties of existent things are objects of observation, of which no foreknowledge is attainable; and creation, and hundreds of properties, belong to Brahma, as inseparable parts of his essence, as heat, oh chief of sages, is inherent in fire. Hear then how the deity Náráyána, in the person of Brahmá, the great parent of the world, created all existent things.