Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.42
SB 3.13.42
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saṁsthāpayaināṁ jagatāṁ sa-tasthuṣāṁ lokāya patnīm asi mātaraṁ pitā vidhema cāsyai namasā saha tvayā yasyāṁ sva-tejo 'gnim ivāraṇāv adhāḥ
Translation
O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.