Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.44
SB 3.9.44
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maitreya uvāca tasmā evaṁ jagat-sraṣṭre pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ vyajyedaṁ svena rūpeṇa kañja-nābhas tirodadhe
Translation
The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahmā, the creator of the universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His personal form as Nārāyaṇa, disappeared.