On the occasion of the seventh creation, viz., that which was due to the primeval Lotus, Narayana, gifted, with the austerest penances, getting over both good and evil, and possessed of peerless splendour, at first created Brahman, from his navel. After Brahman had come into being, Narayana addressed him, saying,
प्राप्ते प्रजाविसर्गे वै सप्तमे पद्मसम्भवे। नारायणो महायोगी शुभाशुभविवर्जितः॥ ससृजे नाभितः पूर्वं ब्रह्माणममितप्रभः। ततः स प्रादुरभवदथैनं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥