Vayu Purana

त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। धर्मो नरायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा ।। २३.

When the thirteenth cycle arrives in order, Dharma, named Nārāyaṇa, will become Vyāsa.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः। वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। २३.

At that time too, I will be born as the great sage Vāli, in the sacred hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, on Mount Gandhamādana.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वसिष्ठो विरजास्तथा ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be ascetics: Sudhāmā, Kāśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, and Virajā.

महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेनैव योगमार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः ।। २३.

Endowed with the power of great yoga, pure, with upward-flowing energy, by that very path of yoga, they will surely reach the highest state.

सुरक्षणो यदा व्यासः पर्याये तु चतुर्द्दशे। तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके ।। २३.

When Surakṣaṇa becomes Vyāsa in the fourteenth cycle, there again, at the end of the age, I will be present.

वंशे त्वङ्गिरसः श्रेष्ठो गौतमो नाम योगवित्। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम् ।। २३.

In the lineage, the best of the Aṅgirasas, Gautama by name, knower of yoga, will be born; from him, the sacred forest called Gautama will arise.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तथा। अत्रिरुग्रतपाश्चैव श्रावणोऽथ स्रविष्टकः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be born in the Kali age: Atri, Ugratapas, Śrāvaṇa, and Sraviṣṭaka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगपरायणाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकनिवासिनः ।। २३.

Possessed of yoga, great souls devoted to meditation and yoga, they too, by that very path, will dwell in the world of Rudra.

ततः प्राप्ते पञ्चदशे परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। आरुणिस्तु यदा व्यासो द्वापरे भविता प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then, when the fifteenth cycle arrives in due order, Āruṇi will become Vyāsa in the Dvāpara, the lord.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि नाम्ना वेदशिरा द्विजाः। तत्र वेदशिरा नाम अस्त्रं तत्पारमेश्वरम् ।। २३.

At that time also, O twice-born, I shall exist by the name Vedaśirā; there, Vedaśirā is the name of a weapon, that supreme weapon of Īśvara.

भविष्यति महावीर्यं वेदशीर्षा च पर्वतः। हिमवत्पृष्ठमाश्रित्य सरस्वत्या नगोत्तमे ।। २३.

There will be a mountain of great might called Vedaśīrṣā, situated upon the back of Himavat, the most excellent of mountains, by the Sarasvatī.

तदापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। कुणिश्च कुणिबाहुश्च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः ।। २३.

Then also, my sons will be ascetics rich in austerity: Kuṇi, Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra, and Kunetraka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ब्रह्मिष्ठाश्चोर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकं गतास्तु ते ।। २३.

They are yogis, great souls, devoted to Brahman, with their energy directed upwards; they too, by that very path, have gone to the world of Rudra.

ततः षोडशमे चापि परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। व्यासस्तु सञ्जयो नाम भविष्यति तदा प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then, when the sixteenth cycle arrives in due order, Vyāsa will be born with the name Sañjaya, the lord.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गोकर्णो नाम नामतः। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गोकर्णं नाम तद्वनम् ।। २३.

At that time also, I shall exist by the name Gokarṇa; from that, the holy forest called Gokarṇa will arise.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। कश्यपो ह्युशनाश्चैव च्यवनोऽथ बृहस्पतिः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परं पदम् ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be of great energy: Kaśyapa, Uśanā, Cyavana, and Bṛhaspati; they also, by that same path, will attain the supreme state.

ततः सप्तदशे चैव परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। तदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना देवकृतञ्जयः ।। २३.

Then, when the seventeenth cycle arrives in due order, Vyāsa will be born with the name Devakṛtañjaya.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गुहावासीति नामतः। हिमवच्छिखरे चैव महातुङ्गे महालये। सिद्धिक्षेत्रं महापुण्यं भविष्यति महालयम् ।। २३.

At that time also, I shall exist by the name Guhāvāsī; on the lofty, great peak of Himavat, in the great abode, there will be a field of accomplishment, a place of great merit.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा ब्रह्मण्या योगवेदिनः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानः सर्वज्ञा निरहङ्कृताः ।। २३.

There too, my sons, devoted to Brahman and knowers of yoga, will be great souls, all-knowing, free from pride.

उतथ्यो वामदेवश्च महाकालो महालयः। तेषां शतसहस्रन्तु शिष्याणां ध्यानसाधनम् ।। २३.

Utathya, Vāmadeva, Mahākāla, and Mahālaya; among them, a hundred thousand disciples will be engaged in the practice of meditation.

भविष्यन्ति तदा कल्पे सर्वे ते ध्यानयुञ्जकाः। ते तु सन्निहिता योगे हृदि कृत्वा महेश्वरम् । महालये पदं क्षिप्त्वा प्रविष्टाः शिवमव्ययम् ।। २३.

At that time, in that cycle, all of them will be practitioners of meditation; having established Maheśvara in their hearts through yoga, casting their being into the great abode, they will enter the imperishable Śiva.

ये चान्येऽपि महात्मानः काले तस्मिन् युगान्तिके। ध्यानयुक्तेन मनसा विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः ।। २३.

And any other great souls at that time, at the end of the age, pure and of clear understanding, with minds absorbed in meditation—

गत्वा महाल्यं पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा माहेश्वरं पदम् । तूर्णं तारयते जन्तून् दशपूर्वान् दशापरान् ।। २३.

Having gone to the holy Mahālaya and seen the abode of Maheśvara, they quickly deliver ten ancestors before and ten after.

आत्मानमेकविशंञ्च तारयित्वा महार्णवम्। मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः ।। २३.

Having delivered themselves and twenty others across the great ocean, by my grace they will go to the world of Rudra, free from affliction.

ततोऽष्टादशमे चैव परिवर्त्ते यदा भवेत् । तदा ऋतञ्जयो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता मुनिः। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि शिखण्डी नाम नामतः ।। २३.

Then, when the eighteenth cycle occurs, Vyāsa will be the sage named Ṛtañjaya; at that time also, I shall exist by the name Śikhaṇḍī.

सिद्धक्षेत्रे महापुण्ये देवदानवपूजिते। हिमवाच्छिखरे पुण्ये शिखण्डी यत्र पर्वतः। शिखण्डिनो वनञ्चापि ऋषिसिद्धनिषेवितम् ।। २३.

In the field of accomplishment, greatly meritorious and worshipped by gods and demons, on the holy peak of Himavat is the mountain Śikhaṇḍī, and also the forest of Śikhaṇḍin, frequented by sages and perfected beings.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। वाचःशवा ऋतीकश्च शावासश्च दृढव्रतः ।। २३.

There too, my sons, rich in austerity, will be Vācaḥśavā, Ṛtīka, Śāvāsa, and Dṛḍhavrata.

योगात्मानो महाशक्ताः सर्वे ते वेदपारगाः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते ।। २३.

All those whose selves are united with yoga, who possess great power and have mastered the Vedas, upon attaining the supreme yoga of Maheśvara, proceed to the world of Rudra.

ततस्त्वेकोनविंशे तु परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। व्यासस्तु भविता नाम्ना भरद्वाजो महामुनिः ।। २३.

Then, when the nineteenth cycle arrives in due order, Vyāsa will be born by the name Bharadvāja, the great sage.