O leading brahmin, when thus the period of twice Parārdha lapsed, the earth merged into the water, the water into the fire, the fire into the wind, the wind into the ether along with the tanmātras. O excellent brahmin, eleven sense-organs and the tanmātras merged into the ego lo! in a trice. Ego merged into intellect (mahat) in a moment. O brahmin, the intellect also attained the unmanifest (avyakta) and merged into it. The unmanifest became merged into the lord along with its Guṇas. Thereafter creation took place as before from Puruṣa Śiva.[1] Then the mental sons were created by him by mere thinking.