Nativity of Brahmā - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 41.17
Sanskrit Original
मुने कल्पान्तरे रुद्रो हरिं ब्रह्माणम ईश्वरम। ततो ब्रह्माणमसृजन मुने कल्पान्तरे हरिः।।
mune kalpāntare rudro hariṃ brahmāṇam īśvaram| tato brahmāṇamasṛjan mune kalpāntare hariḥ||
I shall now briefly mention the detachment of Brahmā born of tamoguṇa. Lord Viṣṇu split his body into two and created universe consisting of the mobile and immobile beings. He then created Brahmā who in turn created Rudra. O sage, in another kalpa, Rudra created Brahmā. Then O sage, in another kalpa, Viṣṇu created Brahmā, then Brahmā created Viṣṇu, then the lord created Brahmā. Then Brahmā thought that the world was full of misery and he abandoned the activity of creation. He engaged his soul in the higher soul. He restrained the movement of the vital breaths and remained motionless like a rock. He remained in Samādhi (ecstasy) for ten thousand years. The splendid lotus that faced downwards and was stationed in the heart was filled with inhalation. It became blossomed out. When by means of retention of breath it was restrained that lotus became ūrdhva-vaktra (with facelifted upwards).