Shiva Purana

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एकार्णवे संव्यतीते दिव्यवर्षसहस्रके ॥ स्रष्टुकामः प्रजा ब्रह्मा चिन्तयामास दुःखितः ॥२३॥

After a thousand divine years had elapsed and the entire universe had become one vast ocean, Brahmā desirous of creating subjects thought in sorrow.

english translation

ekArNave saMvyatIte divyavarSasahasrake ॥ sraSTukAmaH prajA brahmA cintayAmAsa duHkhitaH ॥23॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript