Extent of four Yugas (caturyuga-parimāṇa) - Verse 50
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 40.50
Sanskrit Original
एवं संध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भूतानां निधनोत्थितः।।
evaṃ saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike| teṣāṃ śāstā hyasādhūnāṃ bhūtānāṃ nidhanotthitaḥ||
Indra said: When the yuga has come to a close and the period of junction too has arrived, the chastiser of the wicked people will rise up in order to kill all the bad living beings. He will be born in the family of the Moon. He will be called Pramiti by name, Previously in the Svāyambhuva manvantara, he had been born of the parts of Manu (i.e. in the family of then Manu); for full twenty years he will be roaming about on the earth. He will be taking along with him a big army consisting of horses, chariots and elephants. He will be surrounded by hundreds and thousands of brahmins wielding weapons. He will kill the Mlecchas (alien outcaste people) in thousands.