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Shiva Purana

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प्रजाभिस्तपसा युक्ता ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजंति ते ॥ युगानि सप्रतिस्त्वेकं साग्राण्यंतरमुच्यते ॥ ७१ ॥

Endowed with austerities by the subjects they attain the world of Brahma One of the ages is called the interval between the peaks.

english translation

चतुर्दशैते मनवः कीर्तिता कीर्तिवर्धनाः ॥ मन्वंतरेषु सर्वेषु संहारांते पुनर्भवः ॥ ७२ ॥

These fourteen Manus are glorified. In each Manvantara there is re-creation after annihilation.

english translation

न शक्यमन्तरं तेषां वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥ पूर्णे शतसहस्रे तु कल्पो निःशेष उच्यते ॥ ७३ ॥

It is difficult to explain Manvantara even in hundreds of years. The Kalpa that follows a hundred thousand Kalpas is named Niśśeṣa.

english translation

तत्र सर्वाणि भूतानि दग्धान्यादित्यरश्मिभिः ॥ ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा सदादित्यगणैर्मुने ॥ ७४ ॥

All beings there were burnt by the rays of the sun O sage, with the hosts of the suns always placed Brahma in front of them.

english translation

प्रविशंति सुरश्रेष्ठ हरिं नारायणं परम्॥ स्रष्टारं सर्व भूतानां कल्पांतेषु पुनःपुनः ॥ ७५ ॥

O best of the gods they enter into the Supreme Hari Narayana. He is the creator of all beings again and again at the end of the kalpas.

english translation