Vishnupurana 1.5.2

1.5.2

yadguṇaṃ yatsvabhāvaṃ ca yadrūpaṃ ca jagad dvija
sargādau sṛṣṭavān brahmā tan mamācakṣva vistarāt //

MAITREYA.--Now unfold to me, Brahman, how this deity created the gods, sages, progenitors, demons, men, animals, trees, and the rest, that abide on earth, in heaven, or in the waters: how Brahmá at creation made the world with the qualities, the characteristics, and the forms of things.