Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.11
SB 3.10.11
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maitreya uvāca guṇa-vyatikarākāro nirviśeṣo 'pratiṣṭhitaḥ puruṣas tad-upādānam ātmānaṁ līlayāsṛjat
Translation
Maitreya said: Eternal time is the primeval source of the interactions of the three modes of material nature. It is unchangeable and limitless, and it works as the instrument of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for His pastimes in the material creation.