Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.4

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge prathame prakriyāpāde hiraṇyagarbhotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāya
suta uvāca
ātmanyavasthite vyakte vikāre pratisaṃhate /
sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhete pradhānapuruṣau tadā

tamaḥsattva guṇāvetau samatvena vyavasthitau /
anudriktāvanucarau tena proktau parasparam

guṇasāmye layo jñeya ādhikye sṛṣṭirucyate /
sattvavṛddhau sthitirabhūd dhruvaṃ padma śikhāsthitam

yadā tamasi sattve ca rajopyanugataṃ sthitam /
rajaḥ pravartakaṃ tacca bījeṣviva yathā jalam

guṇā vaiṣamyamāsādya prasaṃgena pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
guṇebhyaḥ kṣobhyamāṇebhyastrayo jñeyā hi sādare

śāśvatāḥ paramā guhyāḥ sarvātmānaḥ śarīriṇaḥ /
sattvaṃ viṣṇū rajo brahmā tamo rudraḥ prajāpatiḥ

rajaḥprakāśakoviṣṇurbrahmasraṣṭṛtvamāpnuyāt /
jāyate ca yataścatrā lokasṛṣṭirmahojasaḥ

tamaḥprakāśako viṣṇuḥ kālatvena vyavasthitaḥ /
sattvaprakāśako viṣṇuḥ sthititvena vyavasthitaḥ

eta eva trayo lokā eta eva trayo guṇāḥ /
eta eva trayo vedā eta eva trajo 'gnayaḥ

parasparānvayā hyete parasparamanuvratāḥ /
paraspareṇa vartante prerayanti parasparam

anyonyaṃ mithunaṃ hyete anyonyamupajīvinaḥ /
kṣaṇaṃ viyogo na hyeṣāṃ na tyajanti parasparam

pradhānaguṇavaiṣamyātsargakāle pravarttate /
adṛṣṭādhiṣṭhitātpūrve tasmātsadasadātmakāt

brahmā buddhitvamithunaṃ yugapatsaṃbabhūva ha /
tasmāttamovyaktamayaṃ kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñakaḥ

saṃsiddhakāryakaraṇo brahmagre samavarttata /
tejasāpratimo dhīmānavyaktaḥ saṃprakāśakaḥ

sa vai śarīraprathamo dhāraṇatvavyavasthitaḥ /
jñānenāpratimeneha vairāgyeṇa ca saptatiḥ

avyaktatvāya tenāsya manasā yadyadicchati /
vaśīkṛtatvāttraiguṇyātsāpekṣatvācca bhāvataḥ

caturmukhastu brahmatve kālatve cāntakṛdbhavaḥ /
sahasramūrdhā puruṣastisro 'vasthāḥsvayaṃbhuvaḥ

sarvaṃ rajaśca brahmatve kālatve carajastamaḥ /
sāttvikaḥ puruṣatve ca guṇavṛtaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ

brahmatve sṛjate lokān kālatve saṃkṣayatyapi /
puruṣatve udāsīnastisro 'vasthāḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ

brahmā kamala patrākṣaḥ kālo jātyañjanaprabhaḥ /
puruṣaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo rūpeṇa paramātmanaḥ

ekadhā sa dvidhā caiva tridhā ca bahudhā punaḥ /
yogīśvaraḥ śarīrāṇi karoti vikarotica

nānākṛtikriyārūpamāśrayantisvalīlayā /
tridhā yadvartate loke tasmātrriguṇa ucyate

caturddhā pravibhaktatvāccaturvyūhaḥ prakīrttitaḥ /
yadā śete tadārdhāte yadbhuṅkte viṣayānprabhuḥ

yatsvasthāḥ satataṃ bhāvastasmādātmā nirūcyate /
ṛṣiḥ sarvagataścātra śarīre so 'bhyayātprabhuḥ

svāmī sarvasya yatsarvaṃviṣṇuḥ sarvapraveśanāt /
bhagavānagrasadbhāvānnāgo nāgasvasaṃśrayāt

paramaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatvāddevatādomiti smṛtiḥ /
sarvajñaḥ sarvavijñānātsarvaḥsarvaṃyatastataḥ

narāṇāṃ svāpanaṃ brahmā tasmānnārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ sakalaḥ saṃpravarttate

sṛjate grasate caiva pālyate ca tribhiḥ svayam /
so 'gre hiraṇyagarbhaḥ san prādurbhūtaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ

ādyo hi svavaśaścaiva ajātatvādajaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tasmāddhiraṇyagarbhaśca purāṇeṣu nirucyate

svayaṃbhuvo nivṛttasya kālo varṇāgratastu yaḥ /
na śakyaḥ parisaṃkhyātuṃ manuvarṣaśatairapi

kalpasaṃkhyānivṛttastu parārdho brahmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tāvattve so 'sya kālo 'nyastasyānte pratibuddhyate

koṭivarṣasahasrāṇi gṛhabhūtāni yāni ca /
samatītāni kalpānāṃ tāvaccheṣātparetu ye

yatsvayaṃ varttate kalpo vārāhastannibodhata /
prathamaṃ sāṃpratasteṣāṃ kalpo vai varttate ca yaḥ

pūrṇe yugasahasre tu paripālyaṃ nareśvaraiḥ