Description of the dissolution of the Universe (b) - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 3 · Verse 8
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Sanskrit Original
प्रणष्टे गन्धतन्मात्रे तोयावस्था धरा भवेत। आपस्तदा प्रविष्टास्तु वेगवत्यो महास्वनाः।।
praṇaṣṭe gandhatanmātre toyāvasthā dharā bhavet| āpastadā praviṣṭāstu vegavatyo mahāsvanāḥ||
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Sūta continued: When the Gandha (smell, the subtle essence of the earth) is destroyed, the Earth transforms itself into the state of Water. Waters then permeate everything and move about here and there. Rasa (taste), the quality of the waters, gets merged with Joytis (the fiery element).