Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.34
SB 2.5.34
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varṣa-pūga-sahasrānte tad aṇḍam udake śayam kāla-karma-svabhāva-stho jīvo 'jīvam ajīvayat
Translation
Thus all the universes remained thousands of eons within the water [the Causal Ocean], and the Lord of living beings, entering in each of them, caused them to be fully animated.