Vayu Purana

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.

द्वीपाश्च पर्वताश्चैव वर्षाण्यथ महोदधिः। सर्व्वं तद्भस्मसाच्चक्रे सर्व्वात्मा पावकस्तु सः ।। ३८.

The continents, the mountains, the regions, and the great ocean—all these, the all-pervading Fire reduces entirely to ashes.

समुद्रेभ्यो नदीभ्यश्च पातालेभ्यश्च सर्वतः। पिबन्नपः समिद्धोऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन् ।। ३८.

The blazing Fire, resting upon the earth, drinks up the waters from the oceans, rivers, and all the underworlds everywhere.

ततः संवर्त्तकः शैलानतिक्रम्य महांस्तथा। लोकान् संहरते दीप्तो घोरः संवर्त्तकोऽनलः ।। ३८.

Then the fierce, blazing fire of destruction, surpassing even the great mountains, withdraws the worlds.

ततः स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा रसातलमशोषयत्। निर्दह्य तांस्तु पातालान्नागलोकमथादहत् ।। ३८.

Then, piercing the earth, it dries up the lower region; having burned those underworlds, it next burns the realm of the serpents.

अधस्तात्पृथिवीं दग्ध्वा ह्यूर्द्ध्वं स दहते दिवम्। योजनानां सहस्राणि ह्ययुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।। ३८.

Having burned the earth below, it then burns the heavens above, for thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of millions of leagues.

उदतिष्ठञ्छिखास्तस्य बह्वयः संवर्त्तकस्य तु। गन्धर्वांश्च पिशाचांश्च समहोरगराक्षसान् । तदा दहति सन्दीप्तो गोलकं चैव सर्व्वशः ।। ३८.

The flames of that fire of destruction rise up in many directions; at that time, it burns the Gandharvas, Piśācas, great serpents, Rākṣasas, and entirely the cosmic sphere.

भूर्लोकन्तु भुवर्लोकं स्वर्लोकञ्च महस्तथा। घोरं दहति कालाग्निरेवं लोकचतुष्टयम् ।। ३८.

Thus, the fire of Time burns the four worlds—Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, and Maharloka—in a dreadful conflagration.

व्याप्तेषु तेषु लोकेषु तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमथाग्निना। तत्तेजः समनुप्राप्तं कृत्स्नं जगदिदं शनैः। अयोगुडनिभं सर्व्वं तदा ह्येवं प्रकाशते ।। ३८.

When those worlds are pervaded horizontally and vertically by fire, that radiance gradually envelops this whole universe, which then appears entirely like a lump of iron.

ततो गजकुलाकारास्तडिद्भि समलंकृताः। उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा घोरा व्योम्नि संवर्त्तका घनाः ।। ३८.

Then, terrifying clouds of destruction, shaped like herds of elephants and adorned with lightning, rise up in the sky.

केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः। केचिद्वैढूर्यसंकाशा इन्द्रनीलनिभाऽपरे ।। ३८.

Some are dark like blue lotuses, some resemble white lotuses, some have the luster of beryl, and others are like sapphires.