Vayu Purana · Verses 3-2

sūta uvāca//
maheśvarāyottamavīryakarmaṇe surarṣabhāyāmitabuddhitejase/
sahasrasūryānalavarccase namastrilokasaṃhāravisṛṣṭaye namaḥ

prajāpatīn lokanamaskṛtāṃ stathā svayambhurudraprabhṛtīn maheśvarān/
bhṛguṃ marīciṃ parameṣṭhinaṃ manuṃ rajastamodharmamathāpi kaśyapam

vasiṣṭhadakṣātripulastyakarddamān ruciṃ vivasvantamathāpi ca kratum/
muniṃ tathaivāṅgirasaṃ prajāpatiṃ praṇamya mūrdhnā pulahaṃ ca bhāvataḥ

tathaiva cukrodhanamekaviṃśatiṃ prajā vivṛddhyārpitakāryaśāsanam/
purātanānapyaparāṃśca śāśvatāṃstathaiva cānyān sagaṇānavasthitān

tathaiva cānyānapi dhairyaśobhino munīn bṛhaspatyuśanaḥpurogamān/
tapaḥśubhācāraṛṣīn dayānvitān praṇamya vakṣye kalipāpanāśinīm

prajāpateḥ sṛṣṭimimāmanuttamāṃ sureśa devarṣigaṇairalaṃkṛtām/
śubāmatulyāmanaghāmṛṣipriyāṃ prajāpatīnāmapi colbaṇārcciṣām

tapobhṛtāṃ brahmadinādikālikīṃ prabhūtamāviṣkṛtapauruṣaśriyam/
śrutau smṛtau ca prasṛtāmudāhṛtāṃ parāṃ parāṇāmanilaprakīrttitām

samāsabandhairniyatairyathātathaṃ viśabdanenāpi manaḥpraharṣiṇīm/
yasyāñca baddhā prathamā pravṛttiḥ prādhānikī ceśvarakāritā ca

yattatsmṛtaṃ kāraṇamaprameyaṃ brahma pradhānaṃ prakṛtiprasūtiḥ/
ātmā guhā yonirathāpi cakṣuḥ kṣetraṃ tataivāmṛtamakṣarañca

śukraṃ tapaḥ sattvamatiprakāśaṃ tadvyaṣṭi nityaṃ puruṣaṃ dvitīyam/
tamaprameyaṃ puruṣeṇa yuktaṃ svayambhuvā lokapitāmahena

utpādakatvādrajasotirekāt kālasya yogānnigamāvadheśca/
kṣetrajñayuktān niyatānvikārān lokasya santānāvivṛddhihetūn/
prakṛtyavasthā suṣuve tathāṣṭau saṅkalpamātreṇa maheśvarasya

devāsurādridrumasāgarāṇāṃ manuprajeśarṣipitṛdvijānām/
piśācayakṣoragarākṣasānāṃ tārāgra hārkkarkṣaniśācarāṇām

māsarttu saṃvatsararātryahānāṃ dikkālayogādiyugāyanānām/
vanauṣadhīnāmapi vīrudhāñca jalaukasāmapsarasāṃ paśūnām

vidyutsarinmeghavihaṅgamānāṃ yatsūkṣmagaṃ yadbhuvi yadviyatstham/
yatsthāvaraṃ yatra yadasti kiñcit sarvasya tasyāsti gatirvibhaktiḥ

chandāṃsi vedāḥ saṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni somasva tathaiva yajñaḥ/
ājīvyameṣāṃ yadabhīpsitañca devasya tasyaiva ca vai prajāpateḥ

vaivasvatasyāsya manoḥ purastāt sambhū tiruktā prasavaśca teṣām/
yeṣāmidaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ prasūtyā lokatrayaṃ lokanamaskṛtānām/
sureśadevarṣimanupradhīnāmāpūritañcoparibhūṣitañca

rudrasya śāpāt punarudbhavaśca dakṣasya cāpyatra manuṣyaloke/
vāsaḥ kṣitau vā niyamādbhavasya dakṣasya cātra pratiśāpalābhaḥ

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni yugeṣu sambhūtivikalpanañca/
ṛṣitvamārṣasya ca saṃpravṛddhiryathā yugādiṣvapi cettadatra

ye dvāpareṣu prathayanti vedān vyāsāśca te'jña kramaśo nibaddhāḥ/
kalpasya saṃkhyā bhuvanasya saṃkhyā brāhmasya cāpyatra dinasya saṃkhyā

aṇḍodbhijasvedajarāyujānāṃ dharmātmanāṃ svarganivāsināṃ vā/
ye yātanāsthānagatāśca jīvāstarkeṇa teṣāmapi ca pramāṇam

ātyantikaḥ prākṛtikaśca yo'yaṃ naimittikaśca pratisargahetuḥ/
bandhaśca mokṣaśca viśiṣya tatra proktā ca saṃsāragatiḥ parā ca

prakṛtyavasthaiṣu ca kāraṇeṣu yāca sthitiryā ca punaḥ pravṛttiḥ/
tacchāstrayuktyā svamatiprayatnāt samastamāviṣkṛtadhīdhṛtibhyaḥ/
viprā ṛṣibhyaḥ samudāhṛtaṃ yadyathātathaṃ tacchṛṇutocyamānam

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ