Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 56

Sanskrit:

श्रीशङ्कर उवाचवयं न तात प्रभवाम भूम्नियस्मिन् परेऽन्येऽप्यजजीवकोशा: ।भवन्ति काले न भवन्ति हीद‍ृशा:सहस्रशो यत्र वयं भ्रमाम: ॥ ५६ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śaṅkara uvācavayaṁ na tāta prabhavāma bhūmniyasmin pare ’nye ’py aja-jīva-kośāḥbhavanti kāle na bhavanti hīdṛśāḥsahasraśo yatra vayaṁ bhramāmaḥ

Translation:

Lord Śiva said: My dear son, I, Lord Brahmā and the other demigods, who rotate within this universe under the misconception of our greatness, cannot exhibit any power to compete with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for innumerable universes and their inhabitants come into existence and are annihilated by the simple direction of the Lord.

Purport:

There are innumerable universes in the material world, and there are innumerable Lord Brahmās, Lord Śivas and other demigods. All of them rotate within this material world under the supreme direction of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore no one is able to compete with the strength of the Lord. Lord Śiva also refused to protect Durvāsā, for Lord Śiva also was under the rays of the Sudarśana cakra sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.