अध्याय ४
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे प्रथमे ऽंशे तृतीयो ऽध्यायः ]] ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यो ऽसौ कल्पादौ भगवान् यथा ससर्ज सर्वभूतानि तद् आचक्ष्व महामुने
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe prathame 'ṃśe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] brahmā nārāyaṇākhyo 'sau kalpādau bhagavān yathā sasarja sarvabhūtāni tad ācakṣva mahāmune
हिन्दी अर्थ
और जगत्के एकार्णवरूप (जलमय) हो जानेपर, चिन्तित होते हुए जलमें शयन करते हैं
English
LAITREYA said:— "O mi«hiy ascetic, relate. unto me how the revereud Braliml whose name is NárSyana, created all beings at the commencement of the Kalpa." (Thereat) Paracara said, — "Hear as to how that god, the lord of Prajapati,* the reverend Brahma instinct with Nára/an*, created beings. On the expiration of the past Kalpa, that Master, BrahmS, surcharged with the energy of righteousness, awaking from his slumbers, saw the univerae — void of all. And the supreme, incomprehensible NárSLyana— the lord of the greatest — as the worshipful Brahmá, became engaged in creation. This sloka is used with reference to the divine Narayana, the creator of the universe. in the form of Brama. Aýa is named ttára, having been created by Nara ;t and in days of yore, (water) having been the abode of him, he hath hence been called NárSyana. — And on the universe becoming one ocean, the creator of all beings, the Lord resting on water, inferring that the Earth was thus placed, set his heart on delivering her. And as he, on former occasions, had assumed the forms of a fish, a Tortoise, etc, he now assumed the form of a Boar. And for sustaining the entire uni- verse, the lord of creatures, impregnated with the Veda and sacrífices, of serene soul and the soul of all,— the Supreme spirit— stay of soul, and the prop of the Earth, — hymned by the Siddhas inhabiting the region of Jana,— Sauaka and others,— then entered water. — And seeing him enter the nether regions, that exalted one, the Earth, bowing low in humility and reverence, began to praise him. And the Earth said,— ' I bow unto thee, who art all being ; I bow