Description of the dissolution of the Universe (a) - Verse 177
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 177
Sanskrit Original
प्रच्छाद्यति महीमेतामर्णवाख्यं तु तज्जलम। आभाति यस्मात्तद्भाभिर्भाशब्दो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु।।
pracchādyati mahīmetāmarṇavākhyaṃ tu tajjalam| ābhāti yasmāttadbhābhirbhāśabdo vyāptidīptiṣu||
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.