Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
नाभ्यरण्यां समुद्भूतं यस्य पैतामहं गृहम् / एकार्णवगते लोके तत्पङ्कजमपङ्कजम्
nābhyaraṇyāṃ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham / ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṅkajamapaṅkajam
He whose Pitāmaha’s (Brahmā’s) abode arose from the forest of the navel—when the world was sunk in the single ocean, that lotus remained a lotus unstained by mire.