My dear Lord, who are always fully independent, this entire cosmic manifestation arises from You, rests upon You and ends in You. Your Lordship is the beginning, sustenance and end of everything, like the earth, which is the cause of an earthen pot, which supports the pot, and to which the pot, when broken, finally returns.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
त्वय्यग्र आसीत्त्वयि मध्य आसी- त्त्वय्यन्त आसीदिदमात्मतन्त्रे । त्वमादिरन्तो जगतोऽस्य मध्यं घटस्य मृत्स्नेव परः परस्मात्
tvayyagra āsīttvayi madhya āsī- ttvayyanta āsīdidamātmatantre | tvamādiranto jagato'sya madhyaṃ ghaṭasya mṛtsneva paraḥ parasmāt
SB 8.6.10