Vayu Purana · Verses 4-2

ṛṣayastu tataḥ śrutvā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ/
pratyūcuste tataḥ sarve sūtaṃ paryākulekṣaṇāḥ

bhavān vai vaṃśakuśalo vyāsāt pratyakṣadarśavān/
tasmāttvaṃ bhavanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ lokasyāmuṣya varṇaya

yasya yasyānvayā ye ye tāṃstānicchāma veditum/
teṣāṃ pūrvarṣisṛṣṭiṃ ca vicitrāṃ tāṃ prajāpateḥ

asakṛtparipṛṣṭastairmahātmā lomaharṣaṇaḥ/
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa sattamaḥ

//lomaharṣaṇa uvāca//
pṛṣṭāṃ caitāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ ślakṣṇāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm/
kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisammatām

yaścemāṃdhārayennityaṃ śrṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ/
śrāvayeccāpi viprebhyo yatibhyaśca viśeṣataḥ

śuciḥ parvasu yuktātmā tīrtheṣvāyataneṣu ca/
dīrghamāyuravāpnoti sa purāṇānukīrttanāt/
svavaṃśadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate

vistārāvayavaṃ teṣāṃ yathāśabdaṃ yathāśrutam/
kīrttyamānaṃ nibodhadhvaṃ sarveṣāṃ kīrttivarddhanam

dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ śatrughnaṃ svargyamāyurvivardhanam/
kīrttanaṃ sthirakīrttīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ puṇyakāriṇām

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca/
vaṃśānucaritañceti purāṇaṃ paṃcalakṣaṇam

kalpebhyo'pi hi yaḥ kalpaḥ śucibhyo niyataḥ śuciḥ/
purāṇaṃ sampravakṣyāmi mārutaṃ vedasammitam

prabodhaḥ pralayaścaiva sthitirutpattireva ca/
prakriyā prathamaḥ pādaḥ kathyavastuparigrahaḥ

upodvāto'nuṣaṅgaśca upasaṃhāra eva ca/
dharmyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

evaṃ hi pādāścatvāraḥ samāsāt kīrttitā mayā/
vakṣyāmyetān punastāṃstu vistareṇa yathākramam

tasmai hiraṇyagarbhāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca/
antāya prathamāyaiva viśiṣṭāya prajātmane/
brahmaṇe lokatantrāya namaskṛtya svayambhuve

mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ savairupyaṃ salakṣaṇam/
pañcapramāṇaṃ ṣaṭśyetaṃ puruṣādhiṣṭhitaṃ nutam/
asaṃśayāt pravakṣyāmi bhūtasargamanuttamam

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattu nityaṃ sadasadātmakam/
pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ caiva yamāhustattva cintakāḥ

gandhavarṇarasairhīnaṃ śabdasparśavivarjjitam/
ajātaṃ dhruvamakṣayyaṃ nityaṃ svātmanyavasthitam

jagadyoniṃ mahadbhūtaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam/
vigrahaṃ sarvabhūtānāmavyaktamabhavat kila

anādyantamajaṃ sūkṣmantriguṇaṃ prabhavāvyayam/
asāmpratamavijñeyaṃ brahmāgre samavarttata

tasyātmanā sarvamidaṃ vyāptamāsīttamomayam/
guṇasāmye tadā tasmin guṇabhāve tamomaye

gargakāle pradhānasya kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitasya vai/
guṇabhāvādvācyamāno mahān prādurbabhūva ha

sūkṣmeṇa mahatā so'tha avyaktena samāvṛtaḥ/
satvodrikto mahānagre sattvamātraprakāśakam/
mano mahāṃśca vijñeyo manastatkāraṇaṃ smṛtam

liṅgamātrasamutpannaḥ) kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ/
dharmādīnāntu rūpāṇi lokatattvārthahetavaḥ/
mahāṃstu sṛṣṭiṃ kurute nodyamānaḥ sisṛkṣayā

mano mahānmatirbrahmā pūrbuddhiḥ khyātirīśvaraḥ/
prajñā citiḥ smṛtiḥ saṃvit vipuraṃ cocyate budhaiḥ

manute sarvabhūtānāṃ yasmācceṣṭāphalaṃ vibhuḥ/
saukṣmatvena vivṛddhānāṃ tena tanmana ucyate

tattvānāmagrajo yasmānmahāṃśca parimāṇataḥ/
śeṣebhyo'pi guṇebhyo'sau mahāniti tataḥ smṛtaḥ

bibharti mānaṃ manute vibhāgaṃ manyate'pi ca/
puruṣo bhogasambandhāt tena cāsau matiḥ smṛtaḥ

bṛhattvādṛṃhaṇatvācca bhāvānāṃ salilāśrayāt/
yasmād‌bṛṃhayate bhāvān brahmā tena nirucyate

āpūrayitvā yasmācca kṛtsnān dehānanugrahaiḥ/
tattvabhāvāṃśca niyatāṃ stena pūriti cocyate

budhyate puruṣaścātra sarvabhāvān hitāhitān /
yasmādbodhayate caiva tena buddhirnirucyate

khyātiḥ pratyupabhogaśca yasmāt saṃvarttate tataḥ/
bhogaśca jñānaniṣṭhatvāttena khyātiriti smṛtaḥ

khyāyate tadguṇairvāpi nāmādibhiranekaśaḥ/
tasmācca mahataḥ saṃjñā khyātirityabhidhīyate

sākṣāt sarvaṃ vijānāti mahātmā tena ceśvaraḥ/
tasmājjātā grahāścaiva prajñā tena sa ucyate

jñānādīni ca rūpāṇi kratukarmaphalāni ca/
cinoti yasmādbhogārthāntenāsau citirucyate

varttamānānyatītāni tathā cānāgatānyapi/
smarate sarvakāryāṇi tenāsau smṛtirucyate

kṛtsnaṃ ca vindate jñānaṃ tasmānmāhātmyamucyate/
tasmādvidervideścaiva saṃvidityabhidhīyate

vidyate sa ca sarvasmin sarvaṃ tasmiśca vidyate/
tasmātsaṃviditi prokto mahānvai buddhimattaraiḥ

jñānāttu jñānamityāha bhagavān jñānasannidhiḥ/
dvandvānāṃ vipurībhāvādvipuraṃ procyate budhaiḥ

sarveśatvācca lokānāmavaśyaṃ ca tatheśvaraḥ/
bṛhatvācca smṛto brahmā bhūtatvādbhava ucyate

kṣetrakṣetrajñavijñānādekatvācca sa kaḥ smṛtaḥ/
yasmāt puryanuśete ca tasmāt puruṣa ucyate/
notpāditatvāt pūrvatvāt svayambhūriti cocyate

paryāyavācakaiḥ śabdaistattvamādyamanuttamam/
vyākhyātaṃ tattvabhāvajñairevaṃ sadbhāvacintakaiḥ

mahān sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaḥ sisṛkṣayā/
saṅkalpo'dhyavasāyaśca tasya vṛttidvayaṃ smṛtam

dharmādīni ca rūpāṇi lokatattvārthahetavaḥ/
triguṇastu sa vijñeyaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ

triguṇādrajasodriktādahaṅkārastato'bhavat/
mahatā cāvṛtaḥ sargo bhūtādivikṛtastu saḥ

tasmācca tamasodriktādahaṅkārādajāyata/
bhūtatanmātrasargastu bhūtādistāmasastu saḥ

ākāśaṃ śuṣiraṃ tasmādudriktaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam/
ākāśaṃ śabdamātrantu bhūtādiścāvṛṇot punaḥ

śabdamātrantadākāśaṃ sparśamātraṃ sasarja ha/
bhūtādistu vikurvāṇaḥ śabdamātraṃ sasarjja ha

balavān jāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ/
ākāśaṃ śabdamātrantu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot

rasamātrāstu tā hyāpo rūpamātrābhirāvṛṇot/
āpo rasān vikurvantyo gandhamātraṃ sasarjjire

saṅghāto jāyate tasmāttasya gandho guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ/
rasamātrantu tattoyaṃ gandhamātraṃ samāvṛṇot

tasmiṃstasmiṃstu tanmātrā tena tanmātratā smṛtā/
aviśeṣavācakatvādaviśeṣāstataḥ smṛtāḥ/
aśāntaghoramūḍhatvādaviśeṣāstataḥ punaḥ

bhūtatanmātrasargo'yaṃ vijñeyastu parasparāt/
vaikārikādahaṅkārātsatvodriktāttu sātvikāt/
vaikārikaḥ sa sargastu yugapatsampravarttate

buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañca karmendriyāṇyapi/
sādhakānīndriyāṇi syurddevā vaikārikā daśa/
ekādaśaṃ manastatra devā vaikārikāḥ smṛtā

śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī/
śabdādīnāmavāptyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni vakṣyate

pādau pāyurupasthañca hastau vāgdaśamī bhavet/
gatirvisargo hyānandaḥ śilpaṃ vāsyañca karma ca

ākāśaṃ śabdamātrañca sparśamātraṃ samāviśet/
dviguṇastu tato vāyuḥ śabda sparśātmako'bhavat

rūpantathaiva viśataḥ śabdasparśaguṇāvubhau/
triguṇastu tataścāgniḥ sa śabdasparśarūpavān

saśabdasparśarūpañca rasamātraṃ samāviśat/
tasmāccaturguṇā hyāpo vijñeyāstā rasātmikāḥ

saśabdasparśarūpeṣu gandhasteṣu samāviśat/
saṃyuktā gandhamātreṇa ācinvanti mahīmimām/
tasmātpañcaguṇā bhūmiḥ sthūlabhūteṣu dṛśyate

śāntā ghorāśca mūḍhāśca viśeṣāstena te smṛtāḥ/
parasparānupraveśāddhārayanti parasparam

bhūmerantastivadaṃ sarvaṃ lokālokaghanāvṛtam/
viśeṣā indriyagrāhyā niyatatvācca te smṛtāḥ

guṇaṃ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvantyuttarottaram/
teṣāṃ yāvacca yadyacca tattattāvadguṇaṃ smṛtam

upalabhya śucergandhaṃ kecidvāyoranaipuṇāt/
pṛthivyāmeva tadvidyādeṣāṃ vāyośca saṃśrayāt

ete sapta mahāvīryā nānābhūtāḥ pṛthak pṛthak/
nāśaknuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭumasamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ/
te sametya mahātmāno hyayonyasyaiva saṃśrayāt

puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca/
mahadādyā viśeṣāntā aṇḍamutpādayanti te

ekakālaṃ samutpannaṃ jalabud‌budavacca tat/
viśeṣebhyo'ṇḍamabhavad bṛhattadudakaṃ ca yat/
tattasmin kāryakaraṇaṃ saṃsiddhaṃ brahmaṇastadā

prākṛte'ṇḍe vibuddhe san kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ/
sa vai śarīrī prathamaḥ sa vai puruṣa ucyate

ādikarttā ca bhūtānāṃ brahmā'gre samavarttata/
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ so'gro'smin prādurbhūtaścaturmukhaḥ/
sarge ca prati sarge ca kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ

karaṇaiḥ saha sṛjyante pratyāhāre tyajanti ca/
bhajante ca punardehānasamāhārasandhiṣu

hiraṇmayastu yo merustasyolbaṃ tanmahātmanaḥ/
garbhodakaṃ samudrāśca jarādyasthīni parvatāḥ

tasminnaṇḍe tvime lokā antarbhūtāstu sapta vai/
saptadvīpā ca pṛthvīyaṃ samudraiḥ saha saptabhiḥ

parvataiḥ sumahadbhiśca nadībhiśca sahasraśaḥ/
antastasmiṃstvime lokā antarviśvamidaṃ jagat

candrādityau sanakṣatrau sagrahau saha vāyunā/
lokālokaṃ ca yat kiṃciccāṇḍe tasmin samarpitam

adbhirdaśaguṇābhistu bāhyato'ṇḍaṃ samāvṛtam/
āpo daśaguṇā hyevantejasā bāhyato vṛtāḥ

tejaudaśaguṇenaiva bāhyato vāyunā vṛtam/
vāyorddaśaguṇenaiva bāhyato nabhasā vṛtam

ākāśena vṛto vāyuḥ khaṃ ca bhūtādinā vṛtam/
bhūtādirmahatā cāpi avyaktena vṛto mahān/
etairāvaraṇairaṇḍaṃ saptabhiḥ prākṛtairvṛtam

etāsvāvṛtya cānyonyamaṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ/
prasargakāle sthitvā ca grasantyetāḥ parasparam

evaṃ parasparotpannā dhārayanti parasparam/
ādhārādheyabhāvena vikārasya vikāriṣu

avyaktaṃ kṣetramuddiṣṭaṃ brahmā kṣetrajña ucyate/
ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ/
abuddhipūrvaṃ prāgāsīt prādurbhūtā taḍidyathā

etaddhiraṇyagarbhasya janma yo veda tattvataḥ/
āyuṣmān kīrtimān dhanyaḥ prajāvāṃśca bhavatyuta

nivṛttikāmo'pi naraḥ śuddhātmā labhate gatim/
purāṇaśravaṇānnityaṃ sukhaṃ ca kṣemamāpnuyāt

iti mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ