Sūta said: Brahmā created the waters, fire, earth, firmament, heaven, oceans, rivers, mountains, herbs, creepers, trees and plants, the units of time such as lavas, kāṣṭhās, kalās, muhūrtas, junctions, nights, days, fortnights, months, ayanas (half-yearly transit of the sun), years and yugas. All these who identified themselves with these abodes are known by the names of their abodes. He created Devas and sages too. They were Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Dakṣa, Atri and Vasiṣṭha. Brahmā created, these nine sons mentally. They are stipulated in the Purāṇas as the Nine Brahmās.