The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 33
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 33
Sanskrit Original
स्थानाबिमानिनः सृष्ट्वा साधकानसृजत पुनः। मरीचिभृग्वङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम। दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च धर्मं संकल्पमेव च।।
sthānābimāninaḥ sṛṣṭvā sādhakānasṛjat punaḥ| marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum| dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca dharmaṃ saṃkalpameva ca||
Understand that all these are deities presiding over their respective abodes. Even as I recount them, they are: Apah (waters), Agni (fire), Antariksa (ether), Dyaus (heaven), Vayu (wind), Prthivi (earth), rivers, oceans, mountains, trees, creepers. Lavas, Kdslhas, Raids, Muhurtas, (all these being units of time'^), days, nights, fortnights, months, Ayanas, years, Tugas etc. After creating the deities presiding over their positions, he created the Sddhakas, who accomplished his purpose.