Vayu Purana

तपसा भावितात्मानो ये वै द्रक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः। ईशित्वे च शिवत्वे च सर्वगं सर्वतः स्थिरम् ।। २३.

Those twice-born who have purified their selves through austerity will indeed see the all-pervading, steadfast lord, in his mastery and auspiciousness.

रजस्तमोविनिर्मुक्तास्त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यकम्बुवि। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Freed from passion and darkness, abandoning the human shell, they will come near me, where return is difficult.

इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान् ब्रह्मा रुद्रेण वै द्विजाः। प्रणम्य प्रयतो भूत्वा पुनराह पितामहः ।। २३.

Thus addressed by Rudra, the blessed Brahma, O twice-born, after bowing with devotion, again spoke, the grandsire.

भगवन्देवदेवेश विश्वरूपी महेश्वरः। इमास्तव महादेव तनवो लोकवन्दिताः ।। २३.

O blessed lord of gods, universal in form, great lord, these bodies of yours, O Mahadeva, are honored by the worlds.

विश्वरूप महासत्त्व कस्मिन् काले महाभुज। कस्यां वा युगसम्भूत्यां द्रक्ष्यन्ति त्वां द्विजातयः ।। २३.

O universal form, great-souled, mighty-armed, at what time, in which age's manifestation, will the twice-born see you?

केन वा तत्त्वयोगेन ध्यानयोगेन केन वा । तनवस्ते महादेव शक्या द्रष्टुं द्विजातिभिः ।। २३.

By what union with truth, or by what union with meditation, O Mahadeva, are your bodies able to be seen by the twice-born?

तपसा नैव योगेन दानधर्मफलेन वा। न तीर्थफलयोगेन क्रतुभिर्वा सदक्षिणैः ।। २३.

Not by austerity, nor by yoga, nor by the fruit of charity and righteousness, nor by the fruit of pilgrimage, nor by sacrifices with proper gifts.

न वेदाध्यापनैर्वापि न चित्तेन विवेदनैः । शक्योऽहं मानुर्षैद्रष्टुमृते ध्यानात्परं न हि ।। २३.

Nor by study of the Vedas, nor by mental discernment; I am not able to be seen by men except through supreme meditation.

साध्यो नारायणश्चैव विष्णुस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । भविष्यतीह नाम्ना तु वाराहो नाम विश्रुतः ।। २३.

Sadhya, Narayana, and Vishnu, lord of the three worlds, will here become known by the name Varaha, the renowned.

चतुर्बाहुश्चतुष्पादश्चतुर्नेत्रश्चतुर्मुखः। तदा संवत्सरो भूत्वा यज्ञरूपी भविष्यति। षडङ्गश्च त्रिशीर्षश्च त्रिस्थाने त्रिशरीरवान् ।। २३.

With four arms, four legs, four eyes, and four faces, then, having become a year, he will take the form of sacrifice; with six limbs, three heads, and three places, possessing three bodies.

कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुर्युगम्। एतस्य पादाश्चत्वारः अङ्गानि क्रतवस्तथा ।। २३.

The four ages—Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali—are his four legs; the sacrifices are his limbs likewise.

भुजाश्च वेदाश्चत्वारो ऋतुः सन्धिमुखानि च। द्वे मुखे द्वे च अयने नेत्राश्च चतुरस्तथा ।। २३.

His arms are the four Vedas; the seasons are the joints; two mouths, two solstices, and likewise four eyes.

शिरांसि त्रीणि पर्वाणि फाल्गुन्याषाढकृत्तिकाः। दिव्यान्तरिक्षभौमानि त्रीणि स्थानानि यानि तु। सम्भवः प्रलयश्चैव आश्रमौ द्वौ प्रकीर्त्तितौ ।। २३.

Three heads, the junctions, Phalguni, Ashadha, and Krittika; the three places—celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial; origin and dissolution, and two ashramas are declared.

स यदा कालरूपाभो वराहत्वे व्यवस्थितः। भविष्यति यदा साध्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः ।। २३.

When he, resembling the form of time, is established as Varaha, then Sadhya, Vishnu, Narayana, the lord, will exist.

तदा त्वमपि देवेश चतुर्व्वक्त्रो भविष्यसि। ब्रह्मलोकनमस्कार्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then you also, O lord of gods, will become four-faced; Brahma, worthy of worship in Brahma's world, and Vishnu, Narayana, the lord.

एकार्णवे प्लवे चैव शयानं पुरुषं हरिम्। यदा द्रक्ष्यसि देवेशं ध्यानयुक्तं महामुनिम् ।। २३.

When you see Hari, the Supreme Lord, lying upon the single ocean on a raft, absorbed in meditation, as the great sage—

तदावां मम योगेन मोहितौ नष्टचेतसौ। अन्योन्यस्पर्द्धिनौ रात्रावविज्ञाय परस्परम् ।। २३.

Then, by my yoga, both of you will be deluded, your minds lost, competing with each other through the night, not recognizing one another.

एकैकस्योदरस्थांस्तु दृष्ट्वा लोकांश्चराचरान्। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा ध्यानाद्‌बुद्ध्वा तु मानुषौ ।। २३.

Seeing all the worlds, moving and unmoving, within each other's belly, and, struck with supreme wonder, realizing through meditation that you are both human—

ततस्त्वं पझसंभूतः पझनाभः सनातनः। पद्माङ्कितस्तदा कल्पे ख्यातिं यास्यसि पुष्कलाम् ।। २३.

Then you, born from a lotus, with a lotus-navel, eternal, marked with a lotus, will attain great renown in that kalpa.

ततस्तस्मिंस्तदा कल्पे वाराहे सप्तमे प्रभोः। पुनर्विष्णुर्महातेजाः कालो लोकप्रकालनः। मनुर्वैवस्वतो नाम तव पुत्रो भविष्यति ।। २३.

Then, in that kalpa, in the seventh Varaha era of the Lord, again Viṣṇu of great splendor, the Time that brings forth the worlds, Manu named Vaivasvata will be your son.

तदा चतुर्युगावस्थे कल्पे तस्मिन् युगान्तके। भविष्यामि शिखायुक्तः श्वेतो नाम महामुनिः ।। २३.

Then, at the end of the yuga, in that kalpa, during the four-yuga cycle, I shall be born as the great sage named Śveta, adorned with a topknot.

हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये छागले पर्वतोत्तमे। चतुःशिष्याः शिवे युक्ता भविष्यन्ति तदा मम ।। २३.

On the beautiful peak of Himavat, on the excellent mountain Chāgala, four disciples devoted to Śiva will be mine at that time.

श्वेतश्चैव शिखश्चैव श्वेताश्वः श्वेतलोहितः। चत्वारस्ते महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।। २३.

Śveta, Śikha, Śvetāśva, and Śvetalohita—these four, great-souled Brāhmaṇas, accomplished in the Vedas.

ततस्ते ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मगतिं पराम् । तत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Then, having seen the supreme state of Brahman, becoming most like Brahman, they will go near to that realm, where return is rare.

पुनस्तु मम देवेशो द्वितीयद्वापरे प्रभुः। प्रजापतिर्यदा व्यासः सत्यो नाम भविष्यति ।। २३.

Again, in the second Dvāpara, the Lord of the gods, the master, will be born as the sage Vyāsa, named Satya.

तदा लोकहितार्थाय सुतारे नाम नामतः। भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् लोकानुग्रहकारणात् ।। २३.

Then, for the welfare of the world, I shall be known by the name Sutāra in that Kali age, for the sake of benefiting the worlds.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्या नाम नामतः। दुन्दुभिः शतरूपश्च ऋचीकः क्रतुमांस्तथा ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be known by name as Dundubhi, Śatarūpa, Ṛcīka, and Kratumān.

प्राप्य योगं तथा ज्ञानं ब्रह्म चैव सनातनम्। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्ति दुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Having attained yoga, knowledge, and the eternal Brahman, they will go to the world of Rudra, where return is difficult.

तृतीये द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासस्तु भार्गवः। तदा ह्यहं भविष्यामि दमनस्तु युगन्तिके ।। २३.

In the third Dvāpara, when Vyāsa is Bhārgava, then indeed I shall be Damanas at the end of the yuga.