Linga Purana

दिवा विकृतयः सर्वे विकारा विश्वदेवताः प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे तिष्ठन्त्यन्ये महर्षयः

By day, all the transformations, the various forms, the universal deities, the lords of beings, and the great sages remain.

रात्रौ सर्वे प्रलीयन्ते निशान्ते सम्भवन्ति च अहस्तु तस्य वैकल्पो रात्रिस्तादृग्विधा स्मृता

At night, all are dissolved, and at the end of night, they come into being again; his night is considered to be of such a kind, as is the variation of his day.

चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते मनवस्तु चतुर्दश चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वत्सराणां कृतं द्विजाः

At the end of a thousand cycles of four yugas, there are fourteen Manus; and, O twice-born, four thousand years make up a Kṛta Yuga.

तावच्छती च वै संध्या संध्यांशश् च कृतस्य तु त्रिशती द्विशती संध्या तथा चैकशती क्रमात्

The twilight at the end of Kṛta Yuga is one hundred years, and its portion is likewise; for the other yugas, the twilights are three hundred, two hundred, and one hundred years, respectively.

अंशकः षट्शतं तस्मात् कृतसंध्यांशकं विना त्रिद्व्येकसाहस्रमितो विना संध्यांशकेन तु

The portion is six hundred, excluding the twilight of Kṛta; thus, the three, two, and one thousand years, respectively, are without the twilight portion.

त्रेताद्वापरतिष्याणां कृतस्य कथयामि वः निमेषपञ्चदशका काष्ठा स्वस्थस्य सुव्रताः

I will tell you, O virtuous ones, the measure of time for the Treta, Dvapara, and Tishya ages, as well as for the Krita; fifteen twinklings of the eye make one kāṣṭhā for a healthy person.

मर्त्यस्य चाक्ष्णोस्तस्याश् च ततस् त्रिंशतिका कला कलात्रिंशतिको विप्रा मुहूर्त इति कल्पितः

For mortals, thirty of those kāṣṭhās from the eye are called kalās; thirty kalās, O Brahmins, are considered one muhūrta.

मुहूर्तपञ्चदशिका रजनी तादृशं त्वहः पित्र्ये रात्र्यहनी मासः प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः

Fifteen muhūrtas make a night, and likewise a day; for the ancestors, night and day together constitute a month, and their division is explained again.

कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः

For them, the dark fortnight is their day, the bright fortnight is their night; thirty human months are considered one month for the ancestors.

शतानि त्रीणि मासानां षष्ट्या चाप्यधिकानि वै पित्र्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण विभाव्यते

Three hundred months, plus sixty more, are reckoned as a year for the ancestors, as understood by human calculation.

मानुषेणैव मानेन वर्षाणां यच्छतं भवेत् पितॄणां त्रीणि वर्षाणि संख्यातानीह तानि वै

By human measure, one hundred years for humans equal three years for the ancestors; these are counted here as such.

दश वै द्व्यधिका मासाः पितृसंख्येह संस्मृता लौकिकेनैव मानेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः

Ten plus two months, that is, twelve months, are remembered as a year in the reckoning of the ancestors; by worldly measure, this is the year considered for humans.

एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रम् इति लैङ्गे ऽत्र पठ्यते दिव्ये रात्र्यहनी वर्षं प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः

This is called the divine day and night in the Lingapurana; in the divine realm, night and day together make a year, and their division is explained again.

अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद्दक्षिणायनम् एते रात्र्यहनी दिव्ये प्रसंख्याते विशेषतः

There, the day is the northern course of the sun, and the night is the southern course; these divine days and nights are specially enumerated.

त्रिंशद्यानि तु वर्षाणि दिव्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः मानुषं तु शतं विप्रा दिव्यमासास्त्रयस्तु ते

Thirty years are considered one divine month; O Brahmins, one hundred human years equal three divine months.

दश चैव तथाहानि दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येव षष्टिवर्षाणि यानि तु

Ten days likewise are considered a divine rule; three hundred years and sixty years are counted as such.

दिव्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण प्रकीर्तितः त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि मानुषाणि प्रमाणतः

This divine year is declared according to human reckoning; three thousand human years are the measure.

त्रिंशदन्यानि वर्षाणि मतः सप्तर्षिवत्सरः नव यानि सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु

Another thirty years are considered the Saptarshi year; nine thousand human years are counted.

अन्यानि नवतीश्चैव ध्रौवः संवत्सरस्तु सः षट्त्रिंशत्तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु

Another ninety years are called the Dhruva year; thirty-six thousand human years are counted.

वर्षाणां तच्छतं ज्ञेयं दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः त्रीण्येव नियुतान्याहुर् वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु

One hundred years should be known as the divine rule; three hundred thousand human years are said.

षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि संख्यातानि तु संख्यया दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः

Sixty thousand are counted by enumeration; those who know numbers declare one thousand divine years.

दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्याप्रकल्पनम् पूर्वं कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेता विधीयते

By the divine measure, the calculation of the number of yugas is made; first is the Krita Yuga, then Treta is prescribed.

द्वापरश्च कलिश्चैव युगान्येतानि सुव्रताः अथ संवत्सरा दृष्टा मानुषेण प्रमाणतः

Then Dvapara and Kali, these are the yugas, O virtuous ones; and the years are observed according to human measure.

कृतस्याद्यस्य विप्रेन्द्रा दिव्यमानेन कीर्तितम् सहस्राणां शतान्यासंश् चतुर्दश च संख्यया

O foremost of Brahmins, the duration of the Kṛta age has been proclaimed according to divine measure: it is fourteen hundred thousand years, counted in thousands and hundreds.

चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि तथान्यानि कृतं युगम् तथा दशसहस्राणां वर्षाणां शतसंख्यया

Likewise, the Kṛta Yuga consists of forty thousand years, and also ten thousand years multiplied by a hundred.

अशीतिश् च सहस्राणि कालस्त्रेतायुगस्य च सप्तैव नियुतान्याहुर् वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु

And the duration of the Tretā Yuga is eighty thousand years, and they say there are seven hundred thousand human years.

विंशतिश् च सहस्राणि कालस्तु द्वापरस्य च तथा शतसहस्राणि वर्षाणां त्रीणि संख्यया

The duration of the Dvāpara Yuga is twenty thousand years, and also three hundred thousand years in total.

षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि कालः कलियुगस्य तु एवं चतुर्युगः काल ऋते संध्यांशकात्स्मृतः

The duration of the Kali Yuga is sixty thousand years; thus, the four Yugas together, excluding the portions of the twilight, are remembered.

नियुतान्येव षट्त्रिंशन् निरंशानि तु तानि वै चत्वारिंशत्तथा त्रीणि नियुतानीह संख्यया

There are thirty-six hundred thousand years without the twilight portions, and here, the count is forty-three hundred thousand years.