Vayu Purana

ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं त्रैलोक्यात्सुमहात्मसु। तैः सार्द्धं ये महर्ल्लोकात्तदा नासादिता जनाः। तच्छिष्टाश्चेह तिष्ठन्ति कल्पाद्देहमुपासते

Then, when those great souls depart upward from the three worlds, those who did not attain from Maharloka remain here, and the remnants stay, worshipping the body until the end of the cycle.

गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ता मानुषा ब्राह्मणादयः। पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव स्थावराः ससरीसृपाः

Gandharvas and others up to Piśācas, humans, Brahmanas and others, animals, birds, immobile beings, and reptiles.

तिष्ठत्सु तेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवासिषु। सहस्रं यत्तु रश्मीनां सूर्यस्येह विभासते। ते सप्तरश्मयो भूत्वा ह्येकैको जायते रविः

While they remain on the earth's surface at that time, the thousand rays of the sun shine forth here; those seven rays become, each one, a distinct sun.

क्रमेणोत्तिष्ठमानास्ते त्रीन् लोकान् प्रदहन्त्युत। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः चैव नदीः संर्वाश्च पर्वतान्। पूर्वे शुष्का ह्यनावृष्ट्या सूर्यैस्तैश्च प्रधूपिताः

Rising in succession, they burn the three worlds: moving and unmoving beings, rivers, and all mountains; the former are dried by drought and scorched by those suns.

तदा ते विविशुः सर्वे निर्द्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मिभिः। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः सर्वे धर्माधर्मात्मकास्तु वै

Then, all those beings, moving and unmoving, composed of virtue and vice, are consumed by the sun's rays and enter within.

दग्धदेहास्ततस्ते वै गताः पापयुगात्यये। योन्या तया ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः शुभपापानुबन्धया

With their bodies burned, at the end of the sinful age, those not freed from their birth by the bond of merit and sin depart.

ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपा जने जनाः। विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः

Then, people are born among people of similar form; all are abundant in purity, established in mental accomplishment.

उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह ब्रह्मणो मानसीप्रजाः

Having spent the night there, in the realm of Brahman of unmanifest birth, at the new creation, they become here the mental progeny of Brahman.

ततस्तेषु प्रवृत्तेषु जने त्रैलोक्यवासिषु। निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तेषु सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः। वृष्ट्या क्षितौ प्लावितायां विशीर्णेष्वालयेषु च

Then, when those people arise among the inhabitants of the three worlds, and when those worlds are burned by the seven suns, with the earth flooded by rain and the dwellings destroyed.

समुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपः सर्वाश्च पार्थिवाः। व्रजन्त्येकार्णवत्वं हि सलिलाख्यास्तदाश्रिताः

The oceans, the clouds, all waters, and all earthly things proceed to become a single expanse, for they are then sustained by what is called water.

आगतागतिकं तद्वै यदा तु सलिलं बहु। संछाद्येमां स्थितां भूमिमर्णवाख्या तदा च सा

That water, which comes and goes, when it becomes abundant, covers this earth; then it is called the ocean.

आभाति यस्मान्नाभान्ति भासन्तो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु। सर्वतः समनुप्लाव्य तासाञ्चाम्भो विभाव्यते

Because it shines while others do not shine, being radiant and pervasive, after flooding everything, its water is perceived among them.

तदम्भस्तनुते यस्मात् सर्वां पृथ्वीं समन्ततः। धातुस्तनोतिर्विस्तारे तेनाम्भस्तनवः स्मृताः

Because that water spreads throughout the entire earth, it is called 'spreading' by the wise, due to its expansion.

अरमित्येष शीघ्रन्तु निपातः कविभिः स्मृतः। एकार्णवे भवन्त्यापो न शीघ्रास्तेन ते नराः

‘Aram’ is remembered by poets as a swift descent; but in the single ocean, the waters are not swift, and thus, O men, they are called so.

तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणोऽहनि। राजन्यां वर्त्तमानायान्तावत्तत् सलिलात्मना

At the end of a thousand ages, when the day of Brahma ceases, while the royal era is ongoing, all becomes of the nature of water.

ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन्नष्टेऽग्नौ पृथिवीतले। प्रशान्तवातेऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः

Then, when that water is gone, on the earth's surface, with the fire subdued, wind calmed, darkness prevailing, and light absent everywhere.

येनैवाधिष्ठितं हीदं ब्रह्मा स पुरुषः प्रभुः। विभागमस्य लोकस्य पुनर्वै कर्तुमिच्छति

He, the Lord, by whom this world is governed, Brahma, desires again to create the division of this world.

एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे। तदा स भवति ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्

Then, in that single ocean, when all that is stationary and moving is lost, Brahma becomes the thousand-eyed, thousand-footed one.

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा

The Purusha with a thousand heads, golden in hue, beyond the senses, called Brahma and Narayana, then slept upon the waters.

सत्त्वोद्रेकात् प्रबुद्धस्तु शून्यं लोकमवेक्ष्य च। इमञ्चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति

Awakened by the predominance of sattva, and seeing the world empty, they cite here a verse about Narayana.

आपो नाराख्यास्तनव इत्यपान्नाम शुश्रुमः। आपूर्य नाभिं तत्रास्ते तेन नारायणः स्मृतः

We have heard that waters are called 'naras' and their spreading is 'tanava'; filling the navel, he dwells there, thus he is remembered as Narayana.

सहस्रशीर्षा सुमनाः सहस्रपात् सहस्रचक्षुर्वदनः सहस्रभुक्। सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजा पतिस्त्रयीपथे यः पुरुषो निरुच्यते

The Purusha with a thousand heads, blessed mind, thousand feet, thousand eyes, mouths, and thousandfold consumption; thousand-armed, the first lord of creatures, who is declared in the threefold path.

आदित्यवर्णो भुवनस्य गोप्ता एको ह्यपूर्वः प्रथमं तुराषाट्। हिरण्यगर्भः पुरुषो महात्मा स पठ्यते वै तमसःपरस्तात्

Of the color of the sun, the sole protector of the world, unique and foremost, swift, the Purusha called Hiranyagarbha, the great soul, is spoken of as beyond darkness.

कल्पादौ रजसोद्रिक्तो ब्रह्मा भूत्वाऽसृजत् प्रजाः। कल्पान्ते तमसोद्रिक्तो कालो भूत्वाऽग्रसत् पुनः

At the beginning of the cycle, Brahma, dominated by rajas, created beings; at the end of the cycle, dominated by tamas, Time, having become supreme, devoured them again.

स वै नारायणा ख्यस्तु सत्त्वोद्रिक्तोऽर्णवे स्वपन्। त्रिधा विभज्य चात्मानं त्रैलोक्ये समवर्त्तत

He, known as Narayana, dominated by sattva, slept in the ocean; dividing himself threefold, he manifested in the three worlds.

सृजते ग्रसते चैव वीक्षन्ते च त्रिभिस्तु तान्। एकार्णवे तदा लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे

He creates, devours, and observes them with those three; in that single ocean, when the world is lost, both stationary and moving.

चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सर्वतः सलिलावृते। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यस्तु अप्रकाशार्णवे स्वपन्

At the end of four thousand ages, when all is covered by water, Brahma called Narayana sleeps in the dark ocean, unmanifest.

चतुर्विधाः प्रजा ग्रस्त्वा ब्राह्म्यां रात्र्यां महार्णवे। पश्यन्ति तं महर्ल्लोकात् सुप्तं कालं महर्षयः

Having consumed the fourfold beings during Brahmā’s night in the great ocean, the great sages in the Maharloka behold time as asleep.

भृग्वादयो यथा सप्त कल्पे ह्यस्मिन् महर्षयः। ततो विवर्त्तमानैस्तैर्महान् परिगतः परः

Just as the seven sages beginning with Bhṛgu exist in this cycle, so too, when the cycle turns, the great is encompassed by those exalted ones.