Sankhya Kārika
Karika 41
citraṁ yathāśrayamr̥tē sthāṇvādibhyō vinā yathā chāyā। tadvadvivinā viśēṣairna tiṣṭhati nirāśrayaṁ liṅgam ॥41॥
The way wall painting cannot be sheltered without the nail, shadow cannot exist without the principal object, similarly, without being sheltered (by the GOD) the physical body cannot stand.
Again, reference to the God here is indirect and subtle.