Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16

Sanskrit:

मैत्रेय उवाचपरमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् ।कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥

ITRANS:

maitreya uvācaparameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhyetathā sannām avekṣya gāmkatham enāṁ samunneṣyaiti dadhyau dhiyā ciram

Translation:

Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.

Purport:

According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.