Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 57

Sanskrit:

त्वया सृष्टमिदं विश्वं धातर्गुणविसर्जनम् ।नानास्वभाववीर्यौजोयोनिबीजाशयाकृति ॥ ५७ ॥

ITRANS:

tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvaṁdhātar guṇa-visarjanamnānā-svabhāva-vīryaujo-yoni-bījāśayākṛti

Translation:

O supreme creator, it is You who generate this universe, composed of the variegated arrangement of the material modes, and in the process You manifest various kinds of personalities and species, varieties of sensory and physical strength, and varieties of mothers and fathers with variegated mentalities and forms.

Purport:

Commenting on this verse, Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted the Nārada Purāṇa as follows: “From Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā, comes the second creation of this universe, but the universe is primarily created by Viṣṇu Himself. Viṣṇu is thus the primary creator, and four-headed Brahmā is merely the secondary creator.”