When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the element sky, just as before. In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, the living entity within resumes his spiritual identity.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
घटे भिन्ने यथाऽऽकाश आकाशः स्याद्यथा पुरा । एवं देहे मृते जीवो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते पुनः
ghaṭe bhinne yathā''kāśa ākāśaḥ syādyathā purā | evaṃ dehe mṛte jīvo brahma sampadyate punaḥ
SB 12.5.5