Vayu Purana · Verses 22-2

// ṛṣaya ūcuḥ //
atyadbhutamidaṃ sarvvaṃ kalpānānte mahāmune/
rahasyaṃ vai samākhyātaṃ mantrāṇāñca prakalpanam // २२. १ //
na tavāviditaṃ kiñcit triṣu lokeṣu vidyate/
tasmādvistarataḥ sarvvāḥ kalpasaṃkhyā bravīhi naḥ

//vāyuruvāca //
atra vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi kalpasaṃkhyāṃ yathā tathā/
yugāgraṃ ca varṣāgrantu brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

ekaṃ kalpasahasrantu brahmaṇo'bdaḥ prakīrttitaḥ/
etadaṣṭasahasrantu brahmaṇastadyugaṃ smṛtam

ekaṃ yugasahasrantu savanaṃ tat prajāpateḥ/
savanānāṃ sahasrantu dviguṇaṃ trivṛtaṃ tathā

brahmaṇaḥ sthitikālasya caitat sarvaṃ prakīrtitam/
tasya saṃkhyāṃ pravakṣyāmi purastādvai yathākramam

aṣṭāviṃśatirye kalpā nāmataḥ parikīrtitāḥ/
taiṣāṃ purastādvakṣyāmi kalpasaṃjñāṃ, yathākramam

rathantarasya sāmnastu upariṣṭānnibodhata/
kalpānte nāma dheyāni mantrotpattiśca yasya yā

ekonaviṃśakaḥ kalpo vijñeyaḥ śrṛtalohitaḥ/
yasmiṃstat paramadhyānaṃ dhyāyato brahmaṇastathā

śvetoṣṇīṣaḥ śvetamālyaḥ śvetāmbaradharaḥ śikhī/
utpannastu mahātejāḥ kumāraḥ pāvakopamaḥ

bhīmaṃ mukhaṃ mahāraudraṃ sughoraṃ śvetalohitam/
dīptaṃ dīptena vapuṣā mahāsyaṃ śvetavarccasam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣaḥ śrīmān brahmā vai viśvatomukhaḥ/
kumāraṃ lokadhātāraṃ viśvarūpaṃ maheśvaram

purāṇapuruṣaṃ devaṃ viśvātmā yogināṃ ciram/
vavande devadeveśaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

hṛdi kṛtvā mahādevaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram/
sadyojātaṃ tato brahma brahmā vai sama cintayat/
jñātvā mumoca deveśo hṛṣṭo hāsaṃ jagatpatiḥ

tato'sya pārśvataḥ śvetā ṛṣayo brahmavarccasaḥ/
prādurbhūtā mahātmānaḥ śvetamālyānulepanāḥ

sunando nandakaśacavaiva viśvanando'tha nandanaḥ/
śiṣyāste vai mahātmāno yaistu brahma tato vṛtam

tasyāgre śveta varṇābhaḥ śvetanāmā mahāmuniḥ/
vijajñe'tha mahātejā yasmājjajñe narastvasau

tatra te ṛṣayaḥ sarvve sadyojātaṃ maheśvaram/
tasmādviśveśvaraṃ devaṃ ye prapaśyanti vai dvijāḥ/
prāṇāyāmaparā yuktā brahmaṇi vyavasāyinaḥ

te sarve pāpanirmmuktā vimalā brahmavarccasaḥ/
brahmalo kamatikramya brahmalokaṃ vrajanti ca

//vāyuruvāca//
tatastriṃśattamaḥ kalpo rakto nāma prakīrttitaḥ/
rakto yatra mahātejā raktavarṇa madhārayat

dhyāyataḥ putrakāmasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ/
prādurbhūto mahātejāḥ kumāro raktavigrahaḥ/
raktamālyāmbaradharo raktanetraḥ pratāpavān

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ kumāraṃ raktavāsasam/
dhyānayogaṃ paraṅgatvā bubudhe viśvamīśvaram

sa taṃ praṇamya bhagavān brahmā paramayantritaḥ/
vāmadevaṃ tato brahmā brahmātmakaṃ vyacintayat

evaṃ dhyāto mahādevo brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā/
manasā prītiyuktena pitāmahamathābravīt

dhyāyatā putrakāmena yasmāttehaṃ pitāmahaḥ/
dṛṣṭaḥ paramayā bhaktyā dhyānayogena sattama

tasmāddhayānaṃ paraṃ prāpya kalpe kalpe mahātapāḥ/
vetsyase māṃ mahāsattva lokadhātāramīśvaram/
evamuktvā tataḥ śarvaḥ aṭṭahāsaṃ mumoca ha

tatastasya mahātmānaścatvāraśca kumārakāḥ/
sambabhūvurmamāhātmāno virejuḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ

virajasva vivāhaśca viśoko viśvabhāvanaḥ/
brahmaṇyā brahmaṇastulyā vīrā adhyavasāyinaḥ

raktāmbaradharāḥ sarve raktamālyānulepanāḥ/
raktabhasmānuliptāṅgā raktāsyā raktalocanāḥ

tato varṣasahasrānte brahmaṇyā vyavasāyinaḥ/
gṛṇantaśacava mahātmāno brahma tadvāmadaivakam

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā/
dharmopadeśamakhilaṃ kṛtvā te brāhmaṇāḥ svayam /
punareva mahāmadevaṃ praviṣṭā rudramavyayam

ye'pi cānye dvijaśreṣṭhā yuñjānā vāmamīśvaram/
prapadyanti mahādeṃ tadbhaktāstatparāyaṇāḥ

te sarve pāpanirmuktā vimalā brahmavarccasaḥ/
rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte kalpasaṃkhyānirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ