Various Creations (sṛṣṭi-vistāra) - Verse 159
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 70.159
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Sanskrit Original
स्थावरेषु विपर्यासस तिर्यग्योनिषु शक्तितः। सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्तु ऋषिदेवेषु कृत्स्नशः।।
sthāvareṣu viparyāsas tiryagyoniṣu śaktitaḥ| siddhātmāno manuṣyāstu ṛṣideveṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ||
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Sūta said: This group is called Prākṛta (pertaining to Prakṛti). This fifth (fourfold) Vaikārika creation is the best (anavamaḥ) among all. The creation of the origins of gross elements and the gross elements, siddhas, sages, etc., is the sixth. The creation of (ordinary) human beings (as distinct from the sages, etc.) out of the subtle and gross elements is the seventh.