Vishnu Purana — Amsha 6 — Chapter 3
ViP 6 3.1
सर्वेषाम् एव भूतानां त्रिविधः प्रतिसंचरः नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिकस् तथैवात्यन्तिको मतः ॥
sarveṣām eva bhūtānāṃ trividhaḥ pratisaṃcaraḥ naimittikaḥ prākṛtikas tathaivātyantiko mataḥ //
For all beings the dissolution is held to be of three kinds: occasional, elemental, and absolute.
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ViP 6 3.2
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस् तेषां कल्पान्ते प्रतिसंचरः आत्यन्तिकश् च मोक्षाख्यः प्राकृतो द्विपरार्धिकः ॥
brāhmo naimittikas teṣāṃ kalpānte pratisaṃcaraḥ ātyantikaś ca mokṣākhyaḥ prākṛto dviparārdhikaḥ //
Their occasional dissolution, the Brāhma one, occurs at the end of a kalpa; the absolute one is called liberation; the elemental one occurs at (the end of) the two parārdhas.
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ViP 6 3.3
परार्धसंख्यां भगवन् ममाचक्ष्व यया तु सः द्विगुणीकृतया ज्ञेयः प्राकृतः प्रतिसंचरः ॥
parārdhasaṃkhyāṃ bhagavan mamācakṣva yayā tu saḥ dviguṇīkṛtayā jñeyaḥ prākṛtaḥ pratisaṃcaraḥ //
Tell me, Lord, the number (called) parārdha, by which, doubled, the elemental dissolution is to be known.
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ViP 6 3.4
स्थानात् स्थानं दशगुणम् एकस्माद् गण्यते द्विज ततो ऽष्टादशमे भागे परार्धम् अभिधीयते ॥
sthānāt sthānaṃ daśaguṇam ekasmād gaṇyate dvija tato 'ṣṭādaśame bhāge parārdham abhidhīyate //
From one place, place after place is counted as tenfold, O twice-born; then at the eighteenth place it is called a parārdha.
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ViP 6 3.5
परार्धद्विगुणं यत् तु प्राकृतः स लयो द्विज तदाव्यक्ते ऽखिलं व्यक्तं स्वहेतौ लयम् एति वै ॥
parārdhadviguṇaṃ yat tu prākṛtaḥ sa layo dvija tadāvyakte 'khilaṃ vyaktaṃ svahetau layam eti vai //
That which is twice a parārdha—that, O twice-born, is the elemental dissolution; then all that is manifest goes to dissolution in the unmanifest, in its own cause.
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ViP 6 3.6
निमेषो मानुषो यो ऽयं मात्रामात्रप्रमाणतः तैः पञ्चदशभिः काष्ठा त्रिंशत् काष्ठास् तथा कला ॥
nimeṣo mānuṣo yo 'yaṃ mātrāmātrapramāṇataḥ taiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā triṃśat kāṣṭhās tathā kalā //
This human nimeṣa (blink), by the measure of a mere instant—fifteen of these make a kāṣṭhā, and thirty kāṣṭhās a kalā.
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ViP 6 3.7
नाडिका तु प्रमाणेन कला दश च पञ्च च ॥
nāḍikā tu pramāṇena kalā daśa ca pañca ca //
But a nāḍikā, by measure, is fifteen kalās.
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ViP 6 3.8
उन्मानेनाम्भसः सा तु पलान्य् अर्धत्रयोदश हेममाषैः कृतच्छिद्रं चतुर्भिश् चतुरङ्गुलैः मागधेन प्रमाणेन जलप्रस्थस् तु स स्मृतः ॥
unmānenāmbhasaḥ sā tu palāny ardhatrayodaśa hemamāṣaiḥ kṛtacchidraṃ caturbhiś caturaṅgulaiḥ māgadhena pramāṇena jalaprasthas tu sa smṛtaḥ //
By the weight of water that (nāḍikā) is twelve and a half palas, (in a vessel) pierced with a hole (made) by four golden māṣas four fingers long; by the Magadha measure that is reckoned a prastha of water.
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ViP 6 3.9
नाडिकाभ्याम् अथ द्वाभ्यां मुहूर्तो द्विजसत्तम अहोरात्रं मुहूर्तास् तु त्रिंशन् मासो दिनैस् तथा ॥
nāḍikābhyām atha dvābhyāṃ muhūrto dvijasattama ahorātraṃ muhūrtās tu triṃśan māso dinais tathā //
Then, by two nāḍikās (comes) a muhūrta, O best of the twice-born; thirty muhūrtas (make) a day and night, and (thirty) days a month.
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ViP 6 3.10
मासैर् द्वादशभिर् वर्षम् अहोरात्रं तु तद् दिवि त्रिभिर् वर्षशतैर् वर्षं षष्ट्या चैवासुरद्विषाम् ॥
māsair dvādaśabhir varṣam ahorātraṃ tu tad divi tribhir varṣaśatair varṣaṃ ṣaṣṭyā caivāsuradviṣām //
By twelve months a year; but that (year) is a day and night in heaven. By three hundred and sixty years (of men comes) one year of the foes of the Asuras (i.e. the gods).
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ViP 6 3.11
तैस् तु द्वादशसाहस्रैश् चतुर्युगम् उदाहृतम् चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु कथ्यते ब्रह्मणो दिनम् ॥
tais tu dvādaśasāhasraiś caturyugam udāhṛtam caturyugasahasraṃ tu kathyate brahmaṇo dinam //
By twelve thousand of those (divine years) a set of four ages is declared; and a thousand sets of four ages is called a day of Brahmā.
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ViP 6 3.12
स कल्पस् तत्र मनवश् चतुर्दश महामुने तदन्ते चैव मैत्रेय ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः ॥
sa kalpas tatra manavaś caturdaśa mahāmune tadante caiva maitreya brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ //
That is a kalpa, and in it (are) fourteen Manus, O great sage; and at the end of it, Maitreya, (comes) the occasional dissolution of Brahmā.
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ViP 6 3.13
तस्य स्वरूपम् अत्युग्रं मैत्रेय गदतो मम शृणुष्व प्राकृतं भूयस् तव वक्ष्याम्य् अहं लयम् ॥
tasya svarūpam atyugraṃ maitreya gadato mama śṛṇuṣva prākṛtaṃ bhūyas tava vakṣyāmy ahaṃ layam //
Hear from me as I tell of its exceedingly terrible nature, Maitreya; and afterwards I shall tell you of the elemental dissolution.
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ViP 6 3.14
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते क्षीणप्राये महीतले अनावृष्टिर् अतीवोग्रा जायते शतवार्षिकी ॥
caturyugasahasrānte kṣīṇaprāye mahītale anāvṛṣṭir atīvogrā jāyate śatavārṣikī //
At the end of a thousand sets of four ages, when the surface of the earth is nearly exhausted, an exceedingly fierce drought arises, lasting a hundred years.
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ViP 6 3.15
ततो यान्य् अल्पसाराणि तानि सत्त्वान्य् अशेषतः क्षयं यान्ति मुनिश्रेष्ठ पार्थिवान्य् अनुपीडनात् ॥
tato yāny alpasārāṇi tāni sattvāny aśeṣataḥ kṣayaṃ yānti muniśreṣṭha pārthivāny anupīḍanāt //
Then those beings which are of little substance, O best of sages, all perish, and the earthly (creatures) too, from lack of moisture.
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ViP 6 3.16
ततः स भगवान् कृष्णो रुद्ररूपधरो ऽव्ययः क्षयाय यतते कर्तुम् आत्मस्थाः सकलाः प्रजाः ॥
tataḥ sa bhagavān kṛṣṇo rudrarūpadharo 'vyayaḥ kṣayāya yatate kartum ātmasthāḥ sakalāḥ prajāḥ //
Then that imperishable Lord Kṛṣṇa, assuming the form of Rudra, exerts himself to bring about destruction, (making) all creatures abide in himself.
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ViP 6 3.18
पीत्वाम्भांसि समस्तानि प्राणिभूमिगतानि वै शोषं नयति मैत्रेय समस्तं पृथिवीतलम् ॥
pītvāmbhāṃsi samastāni prāṇibhūmigatāni vai śoṣaṃ nayati maitreya samastaṃ pṛthivītalam //
Having drunk up all the waters that are in living beings and in the earth, he dries up the whole surface of the earth, Maitreya.
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ViP 6 3.19
समुद्रान् सरितः शैलान् शैलप्रस्रवणानि च पातालेषु च यत् तोयं तत् सर्वं नयति क्षयम् ॥
samudrān saritaḥ śailān śailaprasravaṇāni ca pātāleṣu ca yat toyaṃ tat sarvaṃ nayati kṣayam //
The oceans, the rivers, the mountains and the mountain springs, and the water that is in the nether regions—all that he brings to destruction.
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ViP 6 3.20
ततस् तस्यानुभावेन तोयाहारोपबृंहिताः त एव रश्मयः सप्त जायन्ते सप्त भास्कराः ॥
tatas tasyānubhāvena toyāhāropabṛṃhitāḥ ta eva raśmayaḥ sapta jāyante sapta bhāskarāḥ //
Then, by his power, those very rays (of the sun), swollen by the intake of water, become seven—seven suns.
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ViP 6 3.21
अधश् चोर्ध्वं च ते दीप्तास् ततः सप्त दिवाकराः दहन्त्य् अशेषं त्रैलोक्यं सपातालतलं द्विज ॥
adhaś cordhvaṃ ca te dīptās tataḥ sapta divākarāḥ dahanty aśeṣaṃ trailokyaṃ sapātālatalaṃ dvija //
Then those seven suns, blazing below and above, burn up the entire triple world together with the floor of the nether regions, O twice-born.
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ViP 6 3.22
दह्यमानं तु तैर् दीप्तैस् त्रैलोक्यं द्विज भास्करैः साद्रिनद्यर्णवाभोगं निःस्नेहम् अभिजायते ॥
dahyamānaṃ tu tair dīptais trailokyaṃ dvija bhāskaraiḥ sādrinadyarṇavābhogaṃ niḥsneham abhijāyate //
And the triple world, being burnt by those blazing suns, O twice-born, together with the whole expanse of mountains, rivers and seas, becomes devoid of moisture.
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ViP 6 3.23
ततो निर्दग्धवृक्षाम्बु त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं द्विज भवत्य् एषा च वसुधा कूर्मपृष्ठोपमाकृतिः ॥
tato nirdagdhavṛkṣāmbu trailokyam akhilaṃ dvija bhavaty eṣā ca vasudhā kūrmapṛṣṭhopamākṛtiḥ //
Then, with its trees and waters burnt away, the whole triple world, O twice-born, and this earth, take on a shape resembling the back of a tortoise.
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ViP 6 3.24
ततः कालाग्निरुद्रो ऽसौ भूत्वा सर्वहरो हरिः शेषाहिश्वाससंभूतः पातालानि दहत्य् अधः ॥
tataḥ kālāgnirudro 'sau bhūtvā sarvaharo hariḥ śeṣāhiśvāsasaṃbhūtaḥ pātālāni dahaty adhaḥ //
Then Hari, the remover of all, having become that Rudra of the fire of time, arisen from the breath of the serpent Śeṣa, burns the nether regions below.
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ViP 6 3.25
पातालानि समस्तानि स दग्ध्वा ज्वलनो महान् भूमिम् अभ्येत्य सकलं बभस्ति वसुधातलम् ॥
pātālāni samastāni sa dagdhvā jvalano mahān bhūmim abhyetya sakalaṃ babhasti vasudhātalam //
Having burned all the nether regions, that great fire comes to the earth and devours the whole surface of the ground.
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ViP 6 3.26
भुवर्लोकं ततः सर्वं स्वर्लोकं च सुदारुणः ज्वालामालामहावर्तस् तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥
bhuvarlokaṃ tataḥ sarvaṃ svarlokaṃ ca sudāruṇaḥ jvālāmālāmahāvartas tatraiva parivartate //
Then that most terrible great whirl of garlands of flame turns about in that very place, (consuming) the whole Bhuvarloka and Svarloka.
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ViP 6 3.27
अम्बरीषम् इवाभाति त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं तदा ज्वालावर्तपरीवारम् उपक्षीणचराचरम् ॥
ambarīṣam ivābhāti trailokyam akhilaṃ tadā jvālāvartaparīvāram upakṣīṇacarācaram //
Then the entire triple world shines like a frying-pan, surrounded by whirls of flame, its moving and unmoving beings all but destroyed.
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ViP 6 3.28
ततस् तापपरीतास् तु लोकद्वयनिवासिनः कृताधिकारा गच्छन्ति महर्लोकं महामुने ॥
tatas tāpaparītās tu lokadvayanivāsinaḥ kṛtādhikārā gacchanti maharlokaṃ mahāmune //
Then, encompassed by the heat, the dwellers of the two worlds, having fulfilled their offices, go to Maharloka, O great sage.
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ViP 6 3.29
तस्माद् अपि महातापतप्ता लोकास् ततः परम् गच्छन्ति जनलोकं ते दशावृत्त्या परैषिणः ॥
tasmād api mahātāpataptā lokās tataḥ param gacchanti janalokaṃ te daśāvṛttyā paraiṣiṇaḥ //
Scorched by the great heat from there too, those worlds' inhabitants then go beyond, to Janaloka, seeking what is higher, since (their) state has come round.
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ViP 6 3.30
ततो दग्ध्वा जगत् सर्वं रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः मुखनिश्वासजान् मेघान् करोति मुनिसत्तम ॥
tato dagdhvā jagat sarvaṃ rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ mukhaniśvāsajān meghān karoti munisattama //
Then, having burned the whole world, Janārdana in the form of Rudra makes clouds born of the exhalation of his mouth, O best of sages.
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ViP 6 3.31
ततो गजकुलप्रख्यास् तडिद्वन्तो निनादिनः उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा व्योम्नि घोराः संवर्तका घनाः ॥
tato gajakulaprakhyās taḍidvanto ninādinaḥ uttiṣṭhanti tadā vyomni ghorāḥ saṃvartakā ghanāḥ //
Then there rise up in the sky terrible clouds of dissolution, like herds of elephants, bearing lightning and roaring.
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ViP 6 3.32
केचिन् नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित् कुमुदसंनिभाः धूम्रवर्णा घनाः केचित् केचित् पीताः पयोधराः ॥
kecin nīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecit kumudasaṃnibhāḥ dhūmravarṇā ghanāḥ kecit kecit pītāḥ payodharāḥ //
Some are dark as blue lotuses, some resemble white water-lilies, some clouds are smoke-coloured, and some rain-bearers are yellow.
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ViP 6 3.33
केचिद् रासभवर्णाभा लाक्षारसनिभास् तथा केचिद् वैडूर्यसंकाशा इन्द्रनीलनिभाः क्वचित् ॥
kecid rāsabhavarṇābhā lākṣārasanibhās tathā kecid vaiḍūryasaṃkāśā indranīlanibhāḥ kvacit //
Some have the colour of an ass, and some are like lac-juice; some look like beryl, and in places like sapphire.
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ViP 6 3.34
शङ्खकुन्दनिभाश् चान्ये जात्यञ्जननिभास् तथा इन्द्रगोपनिभाः केचिन् मनःशिलनिभास् तथा ॥
śaṅkhakundanibhāś cānye jātyañjananibhās tathā indragopanibhāḥ kecin manaḥśilanibhās tathā //
Others are like conch and jasmine, and some like fine collyrium; some are like the cochineal insect, and some like red arsenic.
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ViP 6 3.35
चाषपत्रनिभाः केचिद् उत्तिष्ठन्ति घना घनाः केचित् पुरवराकाराः केचित् पर्वतसंनिभाः ॥
cāṣapatranibhāḥ kecid uttiṣṭhanti ghanā ghanāḥ kecit puravarākārāḥ kecit parvatasaṃnibhāḥ //
Some clouds rise up thick like the blue jay's wing; some have the shape of great cities, some resemble mountains.
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ViP 6 3.36
कूटागारनिभाश् चान्ये केचित् स्थलनिभा घनाः महारावा महाकायाः पूरयन्ति नभस्तलम् ॥
kūṭāgāranibhāś cānye kecit sthalanibhā ghanāḥ mahārāvā mahākāyāḥ pūrayanti nabhastalam //
Others are like peaked houses, and some clouds are like high ground; loud-roaring and huge-bodied, they fill the vault of the sky.
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ViP 6 3.38
नष्टे चाग्नौ शतं ते ऽपि वर्षाणाम् अधिकं घनाः प्लावयन्तो जगत् सर्वं वर्षन्ति मुनिसत्तम ॥
naṣṭe cāgnau śataṃ te 'pi varṣāṇām adhikaṃ ghanāḥ plāvayanto jagat sarvaṃ varṣanti munisattama //
And when the fire is extinguished, those clouds rain for more than a hundred years, flooding the whole world, O best of sages.
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ViP 6 3.39
धाराभिर् अक्षमात्राभिः प्लावयित्वाखिलां भुवम् भुवर्लोकं तथैवोर्ध्वं प्लावयन्ति दिवं द्विज ॥
dhārābhir akṣamātrābhiḥ plāvayitvākhilāṃ bhuvam bhuvarlokaṃ tathaivordhvaṃ plāvayanti divaṃ dvija //
With streams the size of an axle, having flooded the whole earth, they flood likewise Bhuvarloka above and the heaven, O twice-born one.
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ViP 6 3.40
अन्धकारीकृते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे वर्षन्ति ते महामेघा वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् ॥
andhakārīkṛte loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame varṣanti te mahāmeghā varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam //
When the world has been made dark and moving and unmoving things have perished, those great clouds rain for more than a hundred years.
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