Vayu Purana

मन्वन्तरस्य संहारे पश्चिमस्य महात्मनः। आसीत्तु सप्तमः कल्पः पद्मो नाम द्विजोत्तम। वाराहः साम्प्रतस्तेषां तस्य वक्ष्यामि विस्तरम् ।। २१.

At the dissolution of the last Manvantara of the great-souled one, there was the seventh Kalpa, called Padma, O best of twice-born; now, the present one is Vārāha—I will explain its details.

कियता चैव कालेन कल्पः सम्भवते कथम्। किं च प्रमाणं कल्पस्य तत्र प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम् ।। २१.

By what measure of time does a Kalpa arise, and how? What is the duration of a Kalpa? Tell that, as it is questioned.

मन्वन्तराणां सप्तानां कालसंख्या यथाक्रमम्। प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत ।। २१.

I will declare, in summary and in order, the reckoning of time for the seven Manvantaras; listen as I speak.

कोटीनां द्वे सहस्रे वै अष्टौ कोटिशतानि च । द्विषष्टिश्च तथा कोट्यो नियुतानि च सप्ततिः। कल्पार्द्धस्य तु संख्यायामेतत् सर्वमुदाहृतम् ।। २१.

Two thousand crores, and eight hundred crore hundreds, and sixty-two crores, and seventy niyutas—this is all stated as the number for half a Kalpa.

पूर्वोक्तौ च गुणच्छेदौ वर्षाग्रं लब्दमादिशेत् । शतं चैव तु कोटीनां कोटीनामष्टसप्ततिः। द्वे च शतसहस्रे तु नवतिर्नियुतानि च ।। २१.

As previously mentioned, the division and multiplication yield the measure of years: one hundred crores, then seventy-eight crores, two hundred thousand, and ninety niyutas.

मानुषेण प्रमाणेन यावद्वैवस्वतान्तरम्। एष कल्पस्तु विज्ञेयः कल्पार्द्धद्विगुणीकृतः ।। २१.

By human reckoning, up to the end of Vaivasvata Manu, this is to be understood as a Kalpa, which is twice the measure of half a Kalpa.

अनागतानां सप्तानामेतदेव यथाक्रमम्। प्रमाणं कालसंख्याया विज्ञेयं मतमैश्वरम् ।। २१.

For the seven future Manvantaras as well, this same reckoning of time is to be known, according to the divine view.

नियुतान्यष्टपञ्चाशत्तथाऽशीतिशतानि च। चतुरशीतिश्चवान्यानि प्रयुतानि प्रमाणतः ।। २१.

Fifty-eight niyutas, and eighty hundreds, and eighty-four prayutas—this is the measure.

सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव देवाश्चेन्द्रपुरोगमाः। एतत् कालस्य विज्ञेयं वर्षाग्रन्तु प्रमाणतः ।। २१.

The Seven Sages, Manu, and the gods led by Indra—this is the measure of years for them, to be understood.

एवं मन्वन्तरं तेषां मानुषान्तः प्रकीर्त्तितः। प्रणवान्ताशचव ये देवाः साध्या देवगणाश्च ये। विश्वेदेवाशचव ये नित्याः कल्पं जीवन्ति ते गणाः ।। २१.

Thus, the Manvantara for them is said to end with humanity; and those gods who end with the syllable 'praṇava', the Sādhyas, and the groups of Viśvedevas—these eternal groups live for a Kalpa.

अयं यो वर्त्तते कल्पो वाराहः स तु कीर्त्त्यते। यस्मिन् स्वायम्भुवाद्याश्च मनवश्च चतुर्द्दश ।। २१.

This Kalpa that is now ongoing is called Vārāha, in which there are the fourteen Manus, beginning with Svāyambhuva.

कस्माद्वाराहकल्पोयं नामतः परिकीर्तितः। कस्माच्च कारणाद्देवो वराह इति कीर्त्त्यते ।। २१.

Why is this Kalpa called Vārāha by name? And for what reason is the god called Varāha?

को वा वराहो भगवान् कस्य योनिः किमात्मकः। वराहः कथमुत्पन्न एतदिच्छाम वेदितुम् ।। २१.

Who indeed is the blessed Varāha? Of whom is he born, and what is his nature? How did Varāha come into being? We wish to know this.

वराहस्तु यथोत्पन्नो यस्मिन्नर्थे च कल्पितः। वाराहश्च यथा कल्पः कल्पत्वं कल्पना च या ।। २१.

How Varāha was born, for what purpose he was conceived, and how the Kalpa is called Vārāha, and what is meant by 'Kalpa' and its conception—

कल्पयोरन्तरं यच्च तस्य चास्य च कल्पितम्। तत्सर्वं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ।। २१.

The difference between Kalpas, and what is imagined for each—this all I will now explain, as I have seen and heard.

भवस्तु प्रथमः कल्पो लोकादौ प्रथितः पुरा। ज्ञातव्यो भगवानत्र ह्यानन्दः साम्प्रतः स्वयम् ।। २१.

Bhava is the first kalpa, renowned since the beginning of the worlds; here, the Lord is to be understood as Ananda, manifest at present.

ब्रह्मस्थानमिदं दिव्यं प्राप्तं वा दिव्यसम्भवम्। द्वितीयस्तु भुवः कल्पस्तृतीयस्तप उच्यते ।। २१.

This is the divine seat of Brahma, attained or of divine origin; the second is the Bhuvaḥ kalpa, and the third is called Tapas.

भवश्चतुर्थो विज्ञेयः पंचमो रम्भ एव च। ऋतुकल्पस्तथा षष्ठः सप्तमस्तु क्रतुः स्मृतः ।। २१.

Bhava is known as the fourth, Rambha as the fifth; Ṛtu-kalpa is the sixth, and Kratu is remembered as the seventh.

अष्टमस्तु भवेद्वह्निर्नवमो हव्यवहनः। सावित्रो दशमः कल्पो भुवस्त्वेकादशः स्मृतः ।। २१.

The eighth is Vahni, the ninth is Havyavahana; the tenth kalpa is Sāvitri, and the eleventh is called Bhuvas.

उशिको द्वादशस्तत्र कुशिकस्तु त्रयोदशः। चतुर्द्दशस्तु गन्धर्वो गन्धर्वो यत्र वै स्वरः। उत्पन्नस्तु यथा नादो गन्धर्वा यत्र चोत्थिताः ।। २१.

Uśika is the twelfth, Kuśika the thirteenth; the fourteenth is Gandharva, where indeed the sound arises, and Gandharvas are born as the resonance emerges.

ऋषभस्तु ततः कल्पो ज्ञेयः पंचदशो द्विजाः। ऋषयो यत्र सम्भूताः स्वरो लोकमनोहरः ।। २१.

Ṛṣabha is then the fifteenth kalpa, O twice-born; there, the sages are manifested, and the sound is enchanting to the worlds.

षड्जस्तु षोडशः कल्पः षड्जना यत्र चर्षयः। शिशिरश्च वसन्तश्च निदाघो वर्ष एव च ।। २१.

Ṣaḍja is the sixteenth kalpa, where the six sages dwell; Śiśira, Vasanta, Nidāgha, and Varṣa are also present.

शरद्धेमन्त इत्येते मानसा ब्रह्मणः सुताः। उत्पन्नाः षड्ज संसिद्धाः पुत्राः कल्पे तु षोडशे ।। २१.

Śarad and Hemanta—these are the mind-born sons of Brahma; they were born and perfected as sons in the sixteenth kalpa, called Ṣaḍja.

यस्माज्जातैश्च तैः षडभिः सद्यो जातो महेश्वरः। तस्मात् समुत्थितः षड्जः स्वरस्तूदधिसन्निभः ।। २१.

From those six who were born, Maheśvara was immediately born; thus, the Ṣaḍja note arose, vast as the ocean.

ततः सप्तदशः कल्पो मार्जालीय इति स्मृतः। मार्ज्जालीयं तु तत् कर्म यस्माद्ब्राह्ममकल्पयत् ।। २१.

Then the seventeenth kalpa is known as Mārjālīya; Mārjālīya is that act by which the Brahma work was accomplished.

ततस्तु मध्यमो नाम कल्पोऽष्टादश उच्यते। यस्मिंस्तु मध्यमो नाम स्वरो धैवतपूजितः । उत्पन्नः सर्वभूतेषु मध्यमो वै स्वयंभुवः ।। २१.

Next is the eighteenth kalpa, called Madhyama; in which the Madhyama note, honored by Dhaivata, arose among all beings, self-manifested.

ततस्त्वेकोनविंशस्तु कल्पो वैराजकः स्मृतः। वैराजो यत्र भगवान् मुनुर्वै ब्रह्मणः सुतः ।। २१.

Then the nineteenth kalpa is called Vairājaka; there, the Lord Vairāja, a sage and son of Brahma, is present.

तस्य पुत्रस्तु धर्मात्मा दधीचिर्न्नाम धार्मिकः। प्रजापतिर्महातेजा बभूव त्रिदशेश्वरः ।। २१.

His son, righteous in nature, is named Dadhīci, virtuous; he became a Prajāpati, possessing great brilliance, and lord of the gods.

अकामयत गायत्री यजमानं प्रजापतिम्। तस्माज्जज्ञे स्वरः स्रिग्धः पुत्रस्तस्य दधीचिनः ।। २१.

Gāyatrī desired the sacrificer, Prajāpati; from her was born the smooth note, the son of Dadhīci.