अध्याय ५
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते पूर्वभागे प्रथमे प्रक्रियापदे लोककल्पनं नाम चतुर्थो ऽध्यायः श्रीसूत उवाच आपो ऽग्रे सर्वगा आसन्नेनसिमन्पृथिवीतले ।शान्तवातैः प्रलीने ऽस्मिन्न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge prathame prakriyāpade lokakalpanaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ śrīsūta uvāca āpo 'gre sarvagā āsannenasimanpṛthivītale / śāntavātaiḥ pralīne 'sminna prājñāyata kiñcana
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रोतुः धर्माथेयुक्तां तु एतद्व्यासाच्छ.तं त्वया
English
At the beginnii;, the waters were present everywhere on the surface of the earth. When this (visible world) had been annihilated and when the winds had become quiet, nothing could be known.