Continuation of the account of the first kind of dissolution - Verse 14
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 4.14
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Sanskrit Original
आपो ग्रसन्ति वै पूर्वं भूमेर गन्धात्मकं गुणम आत्तगन्धा ततो भूमिः प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते ।।
āpo grasanti vai pūrvaṃ bhūmer gandhātmakaṃ guṇam āttagandhā tato bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate ||
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The waters first absorb the fragrant quality of the earth; then the earth, having taken on fragrance, is prepared for dissolution.