Maitreya said: You may now hear from me how the Supreme Lord separated Himself into the diverse forms of the demigods after the manifestation of the gigantic universal form.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
अथ तस्याभितप्तस्य कति चायतनानि ह । निरभिद्यन्त देवानां तानि मे गदतः शृणु
atha tasyābhitaptasya kati cāyatanāni ha | nirabhidyanta devānāṃ tāni me gadataḥ śṛṇu
SB 3.6.11