Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Viṣṇu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
स पद्मकोशः सहसोदतिष्ठ- त्कालेन कर्मप्रतिबोधनेन । स्वरोचिषा तत्सलिलं विशालं विद्योतयन्नर्क इवात्मयोनिः
sa padmakośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭha- tkālena karmapratibodhanena | svarociṣā tatsalilaṃ viśālaṃ vidyotayannarka ivātmayoniḥ
SB 3.8.14