Padma Purana · Chapter 3.7
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-/
bhāratasyāsya varṣasya tathā haimavatasya ca /
pramāṇamāyuṣaḥ sūta balaṃ cāpi śubhāśubham
anāgatamatikrāṃtaṃ vartamānaṃ ca sattama /
ācakṣva no vistareṇa harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca
sūta uvāca-/
catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni munipuṃgavāḥ /
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ
pūrve kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretāyugaṃ dvijāḥ /
tatpaścāddvāparaṃ cātha tatastiṣyaḥ pravartate
catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ munipuṃgavāḥ /
āyuḥ saṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā hi tapodhanāḥ
tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāmāyuṣo viduḥ /
dve sahasre dvāpare tu bhuvi tiṣṭhaṃti sāṃpratam
tatpramāṇasthitirhyasti tiṣye tu munipuṃgavāḥ /
garbhasthāśca mriyaṃte'tra tathā jātā mriyaṃti ca
mahābalā mahāsattvāḥ prajñāguṇasamanvitāḥ /
prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
dvijāḥ kṛtayuge viprā balinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca munayo vai tapodhanāḥ
mahotsāhā mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ /
priyadarśā vapuṣmaṃto mahāvīryyā dhanurdharāḥ
vīrā hi yudhi jāyaṃte kṣatriyāḥ śūrasaṃmatāḥ /
tretāyāṃ kṣatriyāstāvatsarve vai cakravartinaḥ
sarvavarṇāśca jāyaṃte sadaiva dvāpare yuge /
mahotsāhā vīryavaṃtaḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
tejasāṃdhenasaṃyuktāḥ krodhanāḥ puruṣāḥ kila /
lubdhāścānṛtakāścaiva tiṣye jāyaṃti bho dvijāḥ
īrṣyā mānastathā krodho māyāsūyā tathaiva ca /
tiṣye bhavaṃti bhūtānāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sattamāḥ
saṃkṣepo varttate viprā dvāpare yugamadhyage /
guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
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