Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.8.4.17

3.8.4.17

dyāvāpṛthivī gaca svāheti | prajāpatirvai prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tā dyāvāpṛthivībhyām paryagṛhṇāttā imā dyāvāpṛthivībhyām parigṛhītāstatho evaiṣa etatprajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tā dyāvāpṛthivībhyām parigṛhṇāti

'Go thou to heaven and earth, Hail!' For, Pragâpati, having created the living beings, enclosed them between heaven and earth, and so these beings are enclosed between heaven and earth. And in like manner does this (offerer), having created living beings, enclose them between heaven and earth.