Shiva Purana
स वै शरीरी प्रथमः स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥ आदिकर्ता स भूतानां ब्रह्माग्रे समवर्तत ॥ २२ ॥
He is the first embodied soul, called Puruṣa. He is the first creator of living beings. Brahmā thus existed in the beginning.
english translation
sa vai zarIrI prathamaH sa vai puruSa ucyate ॥ AdikartA sa bhUtAnAM brahmAgre samavartata ॥ 22 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript