 Thus in most Puranic texts, Brahma's creative activity depends on the presence and power of a higher god.In the "Bhagavata Purana", Brahma is portrayed several times as the one who rises from the "Ocean of Causes".Brahma, states this Purana, emerges at the moment when time and universe is born, inside a lotus rooted in the navel of "Hari" (deity Vishnu, whose praise is the primary focus in the Purana).