Description of the dissolution of the Universe (a) - Verse 176
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 176
Sanskrit Original
असरन्त्यो व्रजन्त्यैक्यं सलिलाख्यां भजन्त्युत। आगतागतिके चैव तदा तत्सलिलं स्मृतम।।
asarantyo vrajantyaikyaṃ salilākhyāṃ bhajantyuta| āgatāgatike caiva tadā tatsalilaṃ smṛtam||
Sūta said: When the world is covered by Ambhas (water), learned men say that it is Ekārṇava (a general inundation of the sea). When the fire is destroyed, when everything is blinded, nothing is observed clearly whether Earth (land) or water, Ether or wind. All the products of Earth and the waters of the ocean as well as Daivyas (those of celestial origin) become entirely immobilised. Without any movement they attain the state of a single unit and are designated as Salila (water). Then that Salila is remembered as one devoid of to and fro movement.