Vayu Purana

जिताद्याश्च गणा ह्यत्र चाक्षुषान्ताश्चतुर्दश। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्व्वेषु देवास्ते वै महौजसः ।। ३८.

The groups beginning with Jitā and others, fourteen in all up to Cākṣuṣa, these gods of great might exist in all the manvantaras.

ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायोज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्। समेत्य देवास्ते सर्वे प्राप्ते संकलने तदा ।। ३८.

Then, when they have gone upward, the union of those dwelling for a kalpa occurs; all those gods come together at the time of the gathering.

महर्लोकं परित्यज्य गणास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश। सशरीराश्च श्रूयन्ते जनलोकं सहानुगाः ।। ३८.

Abandoning Maharloka, those fourteen groups, it is said, with their bodies and followers, proceed to Janaloka.

एवं देवेष्वतीतेषु महर्लोकाज्जनं प्रति। भूतादिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरान्तेषु चाप्युत ।। ३८.

Thus, when the gods have departed from Maharloka to Janaloka, only the primary elements and immovable beings remain.

शून्येषु लोकस्थानेषु महान्तेषु भूरादिषु। देवेषु च गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायोज्यं कल्पवासिनाम् ।। ३८.

When the great worlds, beginning with Bhū, are empty, and the gods have gone upward, the union of those dwelling for a kalpa occurs.

संहृत्य तांस्ततो ब्रह्मा देवर्षिपितृदानवान्। संस्थापयति वै सर्गं महदॄष्ट्या युगक्षये ।। ३८.

Then Brahmā, having withdrawn the gods, Ṛṣis, Pitṛs, and Dānavas, establishes creation again with his great vision at the end of the yuga.

तत्र युगसहस्रान्तमहर्यर्द्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तामहोरात्रविदो जनाः ।। ३८.

There, those who know the day and night of Brahmā say that a day is a thousand yugas and a night is also a thousand yugas.

नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिको यश्चैवात्यन्तिकोऽर्थतः। त्रिविधः सर्व्वभूतानामित्येष प्रतिसञ्चरः ।। ३८.

The dissolution of all beings is threefold: occasional, elemental, and absolute—so it is explained.

ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस्तस्य कल्पदाहः प्रसंयमः। प्रतिसर्गे तु भूतानां प्राकृतः करणक्षयः ।। ३८.

The occasional dissolution is called 'Brahmic,' marked by the burning of the world at the end of an age; in the re-creation, the elemental dissolution is the destruction of the elements of beings.

ज्ञानाच्चात्यन्तिकः प्रोक्तः कारणानामसम्भवः । ततः संहृत्य तान् ब्रह्मा देवांस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनः ।। ३८.

The absolute dissolution is said to arise from knowledge, being the cessation of causes; then, having withdrawn them, Brahmā gathers up the gods and all the inhabitants of the three worlds.

अहरन्ते प्रकुरुते सर्गस्य प्रलयं पुनः। सुषुप्सुर्भगवान् ब्रह्मा प्रजाः संहरते तदा ।। ३८.

At the end of the day, he brings about again the dissolution of creation; the blessed Brahmā, desiring rest, then withdraws the beings.

ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते च युगक्षये। तत्रात्मस्थाः प्रजाः कर्त्तुं प्रपेदे स प्रजापतिः ।। ३८.

Then, when a thousand ages have passed and the age comes to its end, that Lord of creatures prepares to create beings who are established in himself.

तदा भवत्यनावृष्टिस्तदा सा शत वार्षिकी। तथा यान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि पृथिवीतले ।। ३८.

At that time there is no rain, and that drought lasts for a hundred years; thus, all the weak beings on the surface of the earth—

तान्येवात्र प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च। सप्तरश्मिरथो भूत्वा ह्युदतिष्ठद्विभावसुः ।। ३८.

—these indeed perish here and enter into the state of earth; then the blazing fire, becoming seven-rayed, rises up.

असह्यरश्मिर्भगवान् पिबन्नम्भो गभस्तिभिः। हरिता रश्मयस्तस्य दीप्यमानास्तु सप्तभिः ।। ३८.

The blessed one, with unbearable rays, drinks up the water with his beams; his rays, shining with sevenfold brilliance, are green.

भूय एव विवर्तन्ते व्याप्नुवन्तो वनं शनैः। भौमं काष्ठं धनं तेजो भृशमद्भिस्तु दीप्यते ।। ३८.

Again they turn about, gradually pervading the forests; the earthly wood is kindled fiercely by the blazing rays.

तस्मादुदकं सूर्य्यस्य तपतोऽति हि कथ्यते। नावृष्ट्या तपते सूर्यो नावृष्ट्या परिविष्यते ।। ३८.

Therefore, it is said that the sun, by his heat, draws up the water; the sun burns because of the drought, and because of the drought he is intensified.

नावृष्ट्या परिचिन्वन्ति वारिणा दीप्यते रविः। तस्मादपः पिबन् या वै दीप्यते रविरम्बरे ।। ३८.

Because of the drought, the sun is not replenished by water, and so he blazes; thus, drinking up the waters, the sun burns in the sky.

तस्य ते रश्मयः सप्त पिबन्त्यम्भो महार्णवात्। तेनाहारेण सन्दीप्तः सूर्य्यः सप्त भवत्युत ।। ३८.

His seven rays drink up the water from the great ocean; nourished by that sustenance, the sun indeed becomes sevenfold.

ततस्ते रश्मयः सप्त सूर्य्यभूताश्चतुर्दिशम्। चतुर्लोकमिमं सर्वं दहन्ति शिखिनस्तदा ।। ३८.

Then those seven rays, having become suns, blazing, burn all this fourfold world in every direction.

प्राप्नुवन्ति च भाभिस्तु ह्यूर्द्धं चाधश्च रश्मिभिः। दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निः प्रतापिनः ।। ३८.

With their beams, they reach both above and below; the seven suns blaze, scorching with the fire of the end of the age.

ते वारिणा च संदीप्ता बहुसाहस्ररश्मयः। खं समावृत्य तिष्ठन्ति निर्दहन्तो वसुन्धराम् ।। ३८.

Blazing with water, with countless thousands of rays, they stand covering the sky, burning up the earth.

ततस्तेषां प्रतापेन दह्यमाना वसुन्धरा। साद्रिनद्यर्णवा पृथ्वी विस्नेहा समपद्यत ।। ३८.

Then, scorched by their heat, the earth—along with mountains, rivers, and oceans—becomes devoid of moisture.

दीप्ताभिः सन्तताभिश्च चित्राभिश्च समन्ततः। अधश्चोर्ध्वश्च तिर्यक् च संरुद्धं सूर्यरश्मिभिः ।। ३८.

With blazing, continuous, and varied rays on all sides, above, below, and across, everything is enveloped by the sun's beams.

सूर्य्यग्नीनां प्रवृद्धानां संसृष्टानां परस्परम्। एकत्वमुपयातानामेकज्वालं भवत्युत ।। ३८.

When the fires of the suns, grown and mingled together, become one, they form a single flame.

सर्वलोकप्रणाशञ्च सोऽग्निर्भूत्वा तु मण्डली। चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा ।। ३८.

That fire, taking a circular form, becomes the destruction of all worlds; with its radiance, it swiftly burns up this entire fourfold world.

ततः प्रलीयते सर्व्वं जङ्गमं स्थावरं तदा। निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिः कूर्मपृष्ठसमा भवेत् ।। ३८.

Then, at that time, all that moves and all that is still is dissolved; the earth, devoid of trees and grass, becomes flat like the back of a tortoise.

अम्बरीषमिवाभाति सर्वं मारिषितं जगत्। सर्वमेव तदार्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जज्वाल्यते नभः ।। ३८.

The entire world, consumed by fire, appears like a ball of wool; at that time, the sky is completely filled and ablaze with flames.

पाताले यानि भूतानि महोतधिगतानि च । ततस्तानि प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च ।। ३८.

The beings in the underworld and those dwelling in the great ocean are then dissolved and return to the state of earth.