On the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who is the object of transcendental enjoyment for the senses of devotees, Brahmā, with folded hands, began to re-create the universe, full with living entities, as it was previously.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
प्रजापतिर्धर्मपतिरेकदा नियमान् यमान् । भद्रं प्रजानामन्विच्छन्नातिष्ठत्स्वार्थकाम्यया
prajāpatirdharmapatirekadā niyamān yamān | bhadraṃ prajānāmanvicchannātiṣṭhatsvārthakāmyayā
SB 2.9.39