Shiva Purana

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भक्त्या मयि च योगेन ध्याननिष्ठा जितेन्द्रियाः ॥ संख्यया द्वादशाधिक्य शतं च गणिता बुधैः ॥ ५६ ॥

By their devotion to me and by means of Yoga they are engaged in meditation; they have perfect control over the sense-organs. They are considered one hundred and twelve in number by the learned.

english translation

bhaktyA mayi ca yogena dhyAnaniSThA jitendriyAH ॥ saMkhyayA dvAdazAdhikya zataM ca gaNitA budhaiH ॥ 56 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इत्येतद्वै मया प्रोक्तमवतारेषु लक्षणम् ॥ मन्वादिकृष्णपर्यन्तमष्टाविंशद्युगक्रमात् ॥ ५७ ॥

Thus I have mentioned the characteristic features of the incarnations from Manu to Kṛṣṇa in the twenty-eighth recurring cycles of the Yoga in order.

english translation

ityetadvai mayA proktamavatAreSu lakSaNam ॥ manvAdikRSNaparyantamaSTAviMzadyugakramAt ॥ 57 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तत्र श्रुतिसमूहानां विधानं ब्रह्मलक्षणम् ॥ भविष्यति तदा कल्पे कृष्णद्वैपायनो यदा ॥ ५८ ॥

The classification of the Vedas was the characteristic sign of the Kalpa when Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana became the chief redactor.

english translation

tatra zrutisamUhAnAM vidhAnaM brahmalakSaNam ॥ bhaviSyati tadA kalpe kRSNadvaipAyano yadA ॥ 58 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इत्येवमुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणमनुगृह्य महेश्वरः ॥ पुनः संप्रेक्ष्य देवेशस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ५९ ॥

After saying this and blessing Brahmā, the great lord of the gods glanced at again and vanished there itself.

english translation

ityevamuktvA brahmANamanugRhya mahezvaraH ॥ punaH saMprekSya devezastatraivAntaradhIyata ॥ 59 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript