At the end of each age, the divine presence promises to manifest in various sacred forests and holy places, adopting different illustrious names and forms. In the forest called Haituka, the sage known as Atri will appear. There, his sons—great yogis devoted to Rudra—will be seen, their bodies smeared with ashes from their ritual baths. These ascetics, all-knowing and of equal mind, accomplished in every way, having attained the supreme Maheshvara yoga, will journey to the world of Rudra. When the thirteenth cycle arrives, heralding the appearance of Vyasa named Dharma Narayana, the divine will again incarnate as the sage Vali, dwelling in the holy hermitage of the Valakhilyas on Mount Gandhamadana. His sons—Sudhama, Kashyapa, Vasistha, and Viraja—will be rich in austerity and endowed with the power of great yoga. Pure, with their seed raised upward and having attained Maheshvara yoga, they too shall reach Rudra’s world. In the fourteenth cycle, when Vyasa named Tarakshu appears, the divine presence will once more manifest at the age’s end. In the most excellent lineage of the Angirasas, a sage named Gautama will arise, and the forest named Gautama will become greatly auspicious. During the Kali age, his sons—Atri, Devasada, Shravan, and Shravisthaka—will be born. These great souls, whose essence is yoga, having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, will reach the world of Rudra. When the fifteenth cycle arrives, Vyasa known as Traiyyāruni will appear in the Dvapara age. The divine will be present as Vedaśirā, a twice-born. There, the weapon called Vedaśira will possess supreme lordly power. A mountain of great might, named Vedaśīrṣa, will stand on the back of the Himalayas, within the excellent Sarasvati region. Here, the sons—Kuṇi, Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra, and Kunetraka—will be ascetics rich in austerity. All these souls, endowed with yoga and upward-flowing seed, having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, will enter the world of Rudra. In the sixteenth cycle, Vyasa will appear as a divine being, bestowing yoga upon the devoted and self-controlled. The divine will be present as Gokarna, in the supremely holy forest called Gokarna. The sons—Kashyapa, Ushanas, Cyavana, and Brihaspati—will be yogis, following the same path, endowed with meditation and yoga. Having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, they will surely reach Rudra. When the seventeenth cycle arrives, Vyasa will be known as Devakṛtañjaya. The divine will dwell as Guhavāsin, in the delightful, lofty abode on the peak of the Himalayas—a field of accomplishment, supremely holy, becoming a great abode. There, the sons will be knowers of yoga and speakers of Brahman: Utathya, Vamadeva, and a mighty, great yogi. At that time, a hundred thousand disciples will practice meditation and yoga, all absorbed in contemplation. With Maheshvara placed in their hearts, seeing the established abode in the great sanctuary, they will attain the state of Shiva. Even in the final age of Kali, those great souls who fix their minds in meditation, pure and clear in intellect, by the divine’s grace, will reach the world of Rudra, free from suffering, having arrived at the holy great abode and witnessed the supreme state of Maheshvara. Through their spiritual crossing, a being liberates ten ancestors before and ten descendants after, and by liberating himself as the twenty-first, attains the great abode. By divine grace, they will go to Rudra’s world, free from affliction. When the eighteenth cycle arrives, a sage named Ṛtañjaya Vyāsa will arise. At that time, the divine will be present as Śikhaṇḍī. In the sacred field of accomplishment, greatly meritorious and worshipped by gods and demons, on the delightful peak of Himavat, stands the mountain Śikhaṇḍī. There is also the forest of Śikhaṇḍin, frequented by accomplished beings. Here, the sons—Vācaśravā, Ṛcīka, and Śyāvāśva, the lordly ascetic—will be born, rich in austerity. Established in yoga and accomplished in the Vedas, having attained the yoga of Maheshvara, they will be absorbed into the world of Rudra. When the nineteenth cycle arrives, Vyāsa will be known as the great sage Bharadvāja. The divine will be present as Jaṭāmālī, on the delightful peak of Himavat, where the mountain Jaṭāyur stands. There, the sons—Hiraṇyanābha, the Kauśalya, Lokākṣī, and Kuthumi—will be born, possessing great energy. These lords, established in yogic discipline and of uplifted seed, having attained the yoga of Maheshvara, will be established in Rudra’s world. When the twentieth cycle arrives, Gautama will become Vyāsa, the great sage. At that time, the divine will be present as Aṭṭahāsa. Thus, in each cycle and age, the divine manifests in a sacred place, accompanied by sons and disciples who, through the supreme yoga of Maheshvara and steadfast meditation, ascend to the world of Rudra, attaining the ultimate state of Shiva.