तस्मिन्युगसहस्रे तु पूर्णे वै द्विजसत्तम 5.1.48.
O best of the twice-born, when that thousand of ages is completed,
युगानि सप्ततिं तानि साग्राणि कथितानि ते
Those seventy ages, along with their fractions, have been recounted to you.
चतुर्दशैते मनवः कथिताः कीर्तिवर्धनाः
These fourteen Manus, enhancers of fame, have been described.
प्रजानां पतयो व्यास धन्यमेषां प्रकीर्त नम्
O Vyāsa, lords of creatures are they, whose blessedness is celebrated.
मन्वंतरेषु संहाराः संहारांतेषु संभवाः । न शक्यमंतस्तेषां वै वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
In the intervals of the Manus, there are dissolutions, and at the end of those dissolutions, new creations; it is not possible to recount all of them, even in hundreds of years.
विसर्गश्च प्रजानां वै संहारस्य च भारत
The emanation of beings, O Bhārata, and their dissolution as well,
यत्र तिष्ठंति वै देवाः सर्वे सप्तर्षिभिः सह
Where all the gods dwell together with the seven sages,
पूर्णे युगसहस्रे तु कल्पो निःशेष उच्यते
When the thousand ages are complete, that is called a full kalpa.
ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा सहादित्यैर्गणैर्द्विज
Having placed Brahmā at the forefront, along with the hosts of Ādityas, O twice-born,
स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पांते तु पुनःपुनः
He is the creator of all beings, and at the end of each kalpa, he creates again and again.
स एव विद्यते व्यास महेशा सह संयुतः 5.1.48.
He alone exists, O Vyāsa, united with the great lords.
प्रलयो न बाधते व्यास महाकालवनोत्तमे
Dissolution does not affect, O Vyāsa, those in the excellent forest of Mahākāla.
निरामया निरातंका निर्विकारा युगेयुगे
Free from disease, free from distress, unchanging in every age,
अत्रैव च वने रम्ये ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
Here itself, in this delightful forest, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds,
मरीचिः कश्यपो रुद्रो येऽन्ये भृग्वादयस्तथा
Marīci, Kaśyapa, Rudra, and others such as Bhṛgu as well,
एवमादौ पुरा व्यास कल्पं कल्पायते तदा
Thus, in the beginning, O Vyāsa, the kalpa is established in this way.
कल्पभेदाः समाख्याता महाकालवने शुभे
The distinctions of kalpas have been described in the auspicious forest of Mahākāla.
तावंति योगलिंगानि वने तिष्ठन्ति सत्तम
So many signs of yoga, O noble one, remain in the forest.
पुनःपुनर्भविष्यंति पुरी ह्येषाऽचला स्मृता
Again and again, this city will come into being; indeed, it is said to be immovable.
प्रतिकल्पेति विख्याता भुवि व्यास भविष्यति
O Vyasa, it will be renowned on earth as 'Pratikalpa.'
जपं होमं तथा श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य देवताः 5.1.48.
Recitation, offerings into the fire, and ancestral rites performed for the forefathers and deities—
प्रतिकल्पामनुप्राप्य दृष्ट्वा देवं महेश्वरम्
At the beginning of each cycle, having arrived and seen the great god Maheshvara—
प्रसंगतो रजः क्लांतः शिप्रांभसि च मानवाः
Men, exhausted by the dust of worldly involvement, enter the waters of the Shipra.
मन्वंतरसहस्रेषु काशिवासेषु यत्फलम्
The fruit obtained by dwelling in Kashi for a thousand manvantaras—
प्रतिकल्पे च कल्पांते सैवासीच्च पुरी शुभा
At the end of each cycle and at the end of the kalpa, that auspicious city remains the same.
ये चैतस्य महाभागाः प्रीतिं कुर्वंति मानवाः
And those fortunate people who feel devotion for this place—
यः शृणोति कथां पुण्यां प्रतिकल्पोद्भवां शुभाम्
Whoever hears this auspicious and meritorious story arising in each cycle—
युगेयुगे यथा जाता तथा ख्याता मयाऽनघ
As it was born in each age, so have I described it, O sinless one.
शिप्रायाश्च कथां पुण्यां पवित्रां पापहारिणीम्
And the holy story of the Shipra, pure and destroyer of sin—
सुन्दरं कुंडमाख्यातं पिशाचमोचनं तथा
The beautiful pond has been described, as well as the place that frees from ghosts.