Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21
Sanskrit:
गते शतधृतौ क्षत्त: कर्दमस्तेन चोदित: ।यथोदितं स्वदुहितृ: प्रादाद्विश्वसृजां तत: ॥ २१ ॥
ITRANS:
gate śata-dhṛtau kṣattaḥkardamas tena coditaḥyathoditaṁ sva-duhitṝḥprādād viśva-sṛjāṁ tataḥ
Translation:
O Vidura, after the departure of Brahmā, Kardama Muni, having been ordered by Brahmā, handed over his nine daughters, as instructed, to the nine great sages who created the population of the world.