पिबन्नपः समिद्धो ऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन्
The blazing fire, resting upon the earth, drinks up the waters.
लोकान् दहति दीप्तात्मा रुद्रतेजोविजॄम्भितः
With a radiant self, manifesting the energy of Rudra, he burns the worlds.
अधस्तात् पृथिवीं दग्ध्वा दिवमूर्ध्वं दहिष्यति
Having burned the earth below, he will burn the heavens above.
उत्तिष्ठन्ति शिखास्तस्य वह्नेः संवर्तकस्य तु
Then the flames of that fire of dissolution rise up.
तदा दहत्यसौ दीप्तः कालरुद्रप्रचोदितः
At that time, urged on by Kāla-Rudra, that blazing one burns.
दहेदशेषं कालाग्निः कालो विश्वतनुः स्वयम्
The fire of time, Kāla, the universal form himself, burns everything without remainder.
अयोगुडनिभं सर्वं तदा चैकं प्रकाशते
Then all appears as a single mass, resembling a lump of iron.
उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा व्योम्नि घोराः संवर्तका घनाः
Then, in the sky, arise the dreadful clouds of dissolution.
धूम्रवर्णास्तथा केचित् केचित् पीताः पयोधराः
Some are smoky in color, some are yellow, the cloud-bearers.
शङ्खकुन्दनिभाश्चान्ये जात्यञ्जननिभाः परे
Some are like conch or jasmine, others like pure collyrium.
इन्द्रचापनिभाः केचिदुत्तिष्ठन्ति घना दिवि
Some clouds appear in the sky, resembling the bow of Indra.
बहूरूपा घोरूपा घोरस्वरनिनादिनः
Of many forms, of terrible forms, resounding with dreadful voices.
सप्तधा संवृतात्मानस्तमग्निं शमयन्त्युत
With their selves enveloped sevenfold, they indeed extinguish the darkness-fire.
सुघोरमशिवं सर्वं नाशयन्ति च पावकम्
They destroy the fierce, inauspicious, and all-consuming fire.
अद्भिस्तेजोभिभूतत्वात् तदाग्निः प्रविशत्यपः
Because water overcomes fire, at that time the fire enters into the waters.
प्लावयन्तो ऽथ भुवनं महाजलपरिस्त्रवैः
Then, with great streams of water, they flood the worlds.
अत्यन्तसलिलौघैश्च वेला इव महोदधिः
And with torrents of water, like the shore of the great ocean.
पुनः पतति तद् भूमौ पूर्यन्ते तेन चार्णवाः
Again it falls upon the earth, and by it the oceans are filled.
पर्वताश्च विलीयन्ते मही चाप्सु निमज्जति
The mountains dissolve, and the earth sinks into the waters.
योगनिन्द्रां समास्थाय शेते देवः प्रजापतिः
Assuming the yogic sleep, the Lord, Prajapati, lies down.
वाराहो वर्तते कल्पो यस्य विस्तार ईरितः
The Varaha epoch occurs, whose extent has been declared.
कथिता हि पुराणेषु मुनिभिः कालचिन्तकैः
It has been described in the ancient texts by sages who contemplate time.
तामसेषु हरस्योक्तं राजसेषु प्रजापतेः
In the tamasic cycles, it is said of Hara; in the rajasic, of Prajapati.
अन्ये च सात्त्विकाः कल्पा मम तेषु परिग्रहः
Other cycles are sattvic; among them is my own manifestation.
आराध्य गिरिशं मां च यान्ति तत् परमं पदम्
Having worshipped Girisha and me, they attain that supreme state.
एकार्णवे जगत्यस्मिन् योगनिद्रां व्रजामि तु
On this world, when it is a single ocean, I enter yogic sleep.
जनलोके वर्तमानास्तपसा योगचक्षुषा
Those dwelling in the world of Janas, by austerity and yogic vision—
सहस्रचरणः श्रीमान् सहस्रांशुः सहस्रदृक्
He is thousand-footed, glorious, thousand-rayed, and thousand-eyed.
प्रोक्षणी च श्रुवश्चैव सोमो घृतमथास्म्यहम्
I am the ladle, the spoon, Soma, and also the clarified butter.
वेदो वेद्यं प्रभुर्गोप्ता गोपतिर्ब्रह्मणो मुखम्
I am the Veda, the object of knowledge, the Lord, the protector, the master of cows, and the mouth of Brahman.