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Vaivasvata Manvantara: the Mārīca creation - Verse 13

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 38 · Verse 13

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Sanskrit Original

ध्यायता लोकनामानि ब्रह्मणाग्रे विभाषितम। भूरिति व्याहृतं पूर्वं भूर्लोको ऽयमभूत्तदा।।

dhyāyatā lokanāmāni brahmaṇāgre vibhāṣitam| bhūriti vyāhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūrloko 'yamabhūttadā||

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Sūta said:: While meditating upon the names (i.e. what names should be given to the worlds), this (name viz. bhuḥ) was uttered at the outset by god Brahmā. As the word Bhuḥ was spoken at the outset the Bhūrloka (Earth) came into existence.