Vishnupurana 1.5.p1

1.5.p1

Maitreya said:—"O twice-born one, tell thou me truly how the Deity created celestials, and saints, and Pitris, Dānavas, and men, and beasts, and trees, and those inhabiting land and water and air; as well as concerning (the respective) qualities and characters and natures (of the creatures) dwelling in Earth,—which Brahmā had created at the commencement of creation".