Vayu Purana

तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि दण्डी मुण्डीशरः प्रभुः। कोटिवर्षं समासाद्य नगरं देवपूजितम् ।। २३.

Then also I shall be Daṇḍī Muṇḍīśara, the lord, reaching the city worshipped by the gods for ten million years.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति क्रमागताः। योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be born in succession, all possessing the essence of yoga, great souls, and steadfast in celibacy.

छगलः कुम्भकर्षाश्यः कुम्भश्चैव प्रबाहुकः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गमिष्यन्ति तथैव ते ।। २३.

Chagala, Kumbhakarṣāśya, Kumbha, and Prabāhuka—having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they too will go likewise.

षड्‌विंशे परिवर्त्ते तु यदा व्यासः पराशरः। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि सहिष्णुर्नाम नामतः। पुण्यं रुद्रवनं प्राप्य कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके ।। २३.

In the twenty-sixth cycle, when Vyāsa is Parāśara, then also I shall be known as Sahiṣṇu by name, reaching the sacred Rudra forest at the end of that Kali age.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति सुधार्मिकाः। उलूको वैद्युतश्चैव सर्वको ह्याश्वलायनः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गन्तारस्ते तथैव हि ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be righteous: Ulūka, Vaidyuta, Sarvaka, and Āśvalāyana; having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they too will go in the same way.

सप्तविंशतिमे प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। जातूकर्ण्यो यदा व्यासो भविष्यति तपोधनः ।। २३.

When the twenty-seventh cycle arrives in due order, Jātūkarṇya, rich in austerity, will become Vyāsa.

तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि सोमशर्म्मा द्विजोत्तमः। प्रभासतीर्थमासाद्य योगात्मा लोकविश्रुतः ।। २३.

Then also I shall be Somaśarman, best of twice-born, renowned in the world as one whose essence is yoga, having reached the holy place of Prabhāsa.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। अक्षपादः कणादश्च उलूको वत्स एव च ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be rich in austerity: Akṣapāda, Kaṇāda, Ulūka, and Vatsa.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं ततो गताः ।। २३.

All possessing the essence of yoga, great souls, pure and of clear intellect; having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they then went to the world of Rudra.

अष्टाविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। पराशरसुतः श्रीमान् विष्णुर्लोकपितामहः ।। २३.

When the twenty-eighth cycle arrives in due order, the illustrious son of Parāśara, Viṣṇu, the grandsire of the world—

यदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना द्वैपायनः प्रभुः। तदा षष्ठेन चांशेन कृष्णः पुरुषसत्तमः। वसुदेवाद्यदुश्रेष्ठो वासुदेवो भविष्यति ।। २३.

When Vyāsa will be the lord called Dvaipāyana by name, then, with a sixth part, Kṛṣṇa, the best of men, son of Vasudeva and foremost of the Yadus, will be Vāsudeva.

तदा चाहं भविष्यामि योगात्मा योगमायया। लोकविस्मयनार्थाय ब्रह्मचारिशरीरकः ।। २३.

Then also I shall be one whose essence is yoga, by the power of yogic illusion, taking the form of a celibate, for the purpose of astonishing the worlds.

श्मशावे मृतमुत्सृष्टं दृष्ट्वा लोकमनाथकम्। ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय प्रविष्टो योगमायया ।। २३.

Seeing the abandoned dead in the cremation ground, with the world bereft of guardians, for the welfare of the brāhmaṇas, I entered by yogic illusion.

दिव्यां मेरुगुहां पुण्यां त्वया सार्द्धञ्च विष्णुना। भविष्यामि तदा ब्रह्मन् नकुली नाम नामतः ।। २३.

O Brahman, at that time, together with you and Viṣṇu, I will dwell in the divine, meritorious cave of Meru, bearing the name Nakulī.

कायारोहणमित्येवं सिद्धक्षेत्रञ्च वैतदा। भविष्यति तु विख्यातं यावद्भूमिर्द्धरिष्यति ।। २३.

That place will then be renowned as Kāyārohaṇa, a field of accomplishment, for as long as the earth endures.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपस्विनः । कुशइकश्चैव गार्ग्यश्च मित्रको रुष्ट एव च ।। २३.

There too, my sons—ascetics—will be born: Kuśaika, Gārgya, Mitraka, and Ruṣṭa.

योगयुक्ता महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं विमला ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Endowed with yoga, great-souled, Brahmins accomplished in the Vedas, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, pure and with their seed directed upward, they will go to the world of Rudra, where return is exceedingly rare.

इत्येतद्वै मया प्रोक्तमवतारेषु लक्षणम्। मन्वादिकृष्णपर्यन्तमष्टाविंशयुगक्रमात्। तत्र स्मृतिसमूहानां विभागो धर्मलक्षणम् ।। २३.

Thus I have described to you the characteristics of the descents, from Manu onward up to Kṛṣṇa, through the sequence of twenty-eight yugas; therein, the divisions of the collections of traditions are the marks of dharma.

चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि मुनयो विदुः । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च तिष्यं चेति चतुर्युगम् ।। २४.

O sages, four yugas are known in the land of Bhārata: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Tiṣya—these are the four ages.

एतत्सहस्रपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम्। यामाद्यास्तु गणाः सप्त रोमवन्तश्चतुर्द्दश ।। २४.

This, up to a thousand (such cycles), is called a day of Brahmā; the groups beginning with Yāma are seven, and the Romavantas are fourteen.

सशरीराः श्रयन्ते स्म जनलोकं सहानुगाः। एवं देवेष्वतीतेषु महर्ल्लोकाज्जनं तपः ।। २४.

With their bodies, they would ascend to the world of Jana, along with their followers; thus, when the gods have passed away, from Maharloka they go to Jana and then to Tapas.

मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु देवाः सर्वे महौजसः। ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायुज्यं कल्पवासिनाम् ।। २४.

In the past Manvantaras, all the gods of great might, when those periods have passed, attain union with the residents of the Kalpa.

समेत्य देवैस्ते देवाः प्राप्ते सङ्कालने तदा। महर्लोकं परित्यज्य गणास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश ।। २४.

Then, when dissolution arrives, those fourteen groups of gods, having assembled, abandon Maharloka.

भूतदिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरान्तेषु वै तदा । शून्येषु तेषु लोकेषु महान्तेषु भुवादिषु। देवेष्वथ गतेषूर्द्ध्वं कल्पवासिषु वै जनम् ।। २४.

At that time, when only the elements remain and all immobile beings have perished, in those vast, empty worlds beginning with the earth, when the gods have ascended, the residents of the Kalpa go to Jana.

तत्संहत्या ततो ब्रह्मा देवर्षिगणदानवान्। संस्थापयति वै सर्व्वान् दाहवृष्‌ट्या युगक्षये ।। २४.

From that gathering, Brahmā establishes all the hosts of gods, sages, and Dānavas, after the destruction by fire and rain at the end of the yuga.

योऽतीतः सप्तमः कल्पो मया वः परिकीर्तितः। समुद्रैः सप्तभिर्गाढमेकीभूतैर्महार्णवैः । आसीदेकार्णवं घोरमविभागं तमोमयम् ।। २४.८ माययैकार्णवे तस्मिन् शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः। जीमूताभोऽम्बुजाक्षश्च किरीटी श्रीपतिर्हरिः ।। २४.

The seventh Kalpa, which has passed, has been described to you by me; it was filled by seven oceans, merged into one great sea, which became a single, terrible, undivided mass of darkness.

नारायणमुखोद्गीर्णः सोऽष्टमः पुरुषोत्तमः। अष्टबाहुर्महोरस्को लोकानां योनिरुच्यते। किमप्यचिन्त्यं युक्तात्मा योगमास्थाय योगवित् ।। २४.

In that single ocean, by his own power, the Supreme Person—Nārāyaṇa—emerged from the mouth, eight-armed, broad-chested, the source of the worlds, possessed of an inconceivable, disciplined mind, established in yoga and knowing yoga.

फणासहस्रकलितं तमप्रतिमवर्चसम्। महाभोगपतेर्भोगमन्वास्तीर्य महोच्छ्रयम्। तस्मिन्महति पर्यङ्के शेते वै कनकप्रभे ।। २४.

He, of incomparable radiance, lay upon the great, golden couch of the Lord of Serpents, adorned with a thousand hoods, spreading out the mighty coils, shining brilliantly.

एवं तत्र शयानेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। आत्मारामेण क्रीडार्थं सृष्टं नाभ्यां तु पङ्कजम् ।। २४.

Thus, as Viṣṇu, the mighty Lord, lay there, delighting in his own Self, for the sake of play he created a lotus from his navel.