The Lord, who is the controller of all energies, thus creates, by His own potency, eternal time, the fate of all living entities, and their particular nature, for which they were created, and He again merges them independently.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
कालं कर्म स्वभावं च मायेशो मायया स्वया । आत्मन् यदृच्छया प्राप्तं विबुभूषुरुपाददे
kālaṃ karma svabhāvaṃ ca māyeśo māyayā svayā | ātman yadṛcchayā prāptaṃ vibubhūṣurupādade
SB 2.5.21