Primary Creation - Verse 30
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 3.30
Sanskrit Original
अण्डं दशगुणेनैव वारिणा प्रावृतं बहिः। आपो दशगुणेनैव तद्बाह्यस्तेजसा वृताः।।
aṇḍaṃ daśaguṇenaiva vāriṇā prāvṛtaṃ bahiḥ| āpo daśaguṇenaiva tadbāhyastejasā vṛtāḥ||
Sūta said: The cosmic egg is externally enveloped by water ten times its magnitude. The water is externally enveloped by fire ten times its mass. The fire is externally enveloped by air ten times its mass. The air is externally enveloped by the ether ten times its magnitude. The ether is enveloped by ego the cause of sound. The ego is enveloped by intellect and intellect is enveloped by Pradhāna. They say that the coverings of the cosmic egg are seven[4]. There within is Brahmā seated on the lotus. There are crores and crores of such eggs in existence.