The controlling deities of all the above-mentioned physical elements are empowered expansions of Lord Viṣṇu. They are embodied by eternal time under the external energy, and they are His parts and parcels. Because they were entrusted with different functions of universal duties and were unable to perform them, they offered fascinating prayers to the Lord as follows.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
देवा ऊचुः । नमाम ते देवपदारविन्दं प्रपन्नतापोपशमातपत्रम् । यन्मूलकेता यतयोऽञ्जसोरु- संसारदुःखं बहिरुत्क्षिपन्ति
devā ūcuḥ | namāma te devapadāravindaṃ prapannatāpopaśamātapatram | yanmūlaketā yatayo'ñjasoru- saṃsāraduḥkhaṃ bahirutkṣipanti
SB 3.5.38