Narasimha Purana · Chapter 2

brahmā bhūtvā jagatsṛṣṭau narasiṃhaḥ pravartate
yathā te kathayiṣyāmi bharadvāja nibodha me //

nārāyaṇākhyo bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
utpannaḥ procyate vidvan nityo 'sāv upacārataḥ //

nijena tasya mānena āyur varṣaśataṃ smṛtam
tat parākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdham abhidhīyate //

kālasvarūpaṃ viṣṇoś ca yan mayoktaṃ tavānagha
tena tasya nibodha tvaṃ parimāṇopapādanam //

anyeṣāṃ caiva bhūtānaṃ carāṇām acarāś ca ye
bhūbhūbhṛtsāgarādīnām aśeṣāṇāṃ ca sattama //

saṃkhyājñānaṃ ca te vacmi manuṣyāṇaṃ nibodha me
aṣṭādaśa nimeṣās tu kāṣṭhaikā parikīrtitā //

kāṣṭhās triṃśat kalā jñeyā kalās triṃśan muhūrtakam
triṃśatsaṃkhyair ahorātraṃ muhūrtair mānuṣaṃ smṛtam //

ahorātrāṇi tāvanti māsapakṣadvayātmakaḥ
taiḥ ṣaḍbhir ayanaṃ māsair dve 'yane dakṣiṇottare //

ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ rātrir devānām uttaraṃ dinam
ayanadvitayaṃ varṣaṃ martyānām iha kīrtitam //

nṛṇāṃ māsaḥ pitṛṇāṃ tu ahorātram udāhṛtam
vasvādīnām ahorātram mānuṣo vatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ //

divyair varṣasahasrais tu yugaṃ tretādisaṃjñitam
caturyugaṃ dvādaśabhis tadvibhāgaṃ nibodha me //

catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṃ kṛtādiṣu yathākramam
divyābdānāṃ sahasrāṇi yugeṣv āhuḥ purāvidaḥ //

tatpramāṇaiḥ śataiḥ saṃdhyā pūrvā tatra vidhīyate
saṃdhyāṃśakaś ca tattulyo yugasyānantaro hi saḥ //

saṃdhyāsaṃdhyāṃśayor madhye yaḥ kālo vartate dvija
yugākhyaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ kṛtatretādisaṃjñakaḥ //

kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaś ca kaliś ceti caturyugam
procyate tatsahasraṃ tu brahmaṇo divasaṃ dvija //

brahmaṇo divase brahman manavas tu caturdaśa
bhavanti parimāṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ kālakṛtaṃ śṛṇu //

saptarṣayas tu śakro 'tha manus tatsūnavo 'pi ye
ekakālaṃ hi sṛjyante saṃhriyante ca pūrvavat //

caturyugānāṃ saṃkhyā ca sādhikā hy ekasaptatiḥ
manvantaraṃ manoḥ kālaḥ śakrādīnām api dvija //

aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṃkhyayā smṛtaḥ
dvipañcāśat tathānyāni sahasrāṇy adhikāni tu //

triṃśat koṭyas tu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvija
saptaṣaṣṭis tathānyāni niyutāni mahāmune //

viṃśatiś ca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yam adhikaṃ vinā
manvantarasya saṃkhyeyaṃ mānuṣair vatsarair dvija //

caturdaśaguṇo hy eṣa kālo brāhmam ahaḥ smṛtam
viśvasyādau sumanasā sṛṣṭvā devāṃs tathā pitṛn //

gandharvān rākṣasān yakṣān piśācān guhyakāṃs tathā
ṛṣīn vidyādharāṃś caiva manuṣyāṃś ca paśūṃs tathā //

pakṣiṇaḥ sthāvarāṃś caiva pipīlikabhujaṃgamān
cāturvarṇyaṃ tathā sṛṣṭvā niyujyādhvarakarmaṇi //

punar dinānte trailokyam upasaṃhṛtya sa prabhuḥ
śete cānantaśayane tāvantīṃ rātrim avyayaḥ //

tasyānte 'bhūn mahān kalpo brāhma ity abhiviśrutaḥ
yasmin matsyāvatāro 'bhūn mathanaṃ ca mahodadheḥ //

tadvad varāhakalpaś ca tṛtīyaḥ parikalpitaḥ
yatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ prītyā vārāhaṃ vapur āśritaḥ
uddhartuṃ vasudhāṃ devīṃ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ //

sṛṣṭvā jagad vyomacarāprameyaḥ prajāś ca sṛṣṭvā sakalās tatheśaḥ
naimittikākhye pralaye samastaṃ saṃhṛtya śete harir ādidevaḥ //