Shiva Purana
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चतुर्युगैकसप्तत्या मनोरंतरमुच्यते ॥ कल्पे चतुर्दशैकस्मिन्मनूनां परिवृत्तयः ॥ १६ ॥
Seventyone Caturyugas constitute a Manvantara. In a Kalpa there are fourteen such Manvantaras.
english translation
caturyugaikasaptatyA manoraMtaramucyate ॥ kalpe caturdazaikasminmanUnAM parivRttayaH ॥ 16 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptएतेन क्रमयोगेन कल्पमन्वंतराणि च ॥ सप्रजानि व्यतीतानि शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ १७ ॥
In this order, hundreds and thousands of such Kalpas and Manvantaras have passed by this time.
english translation
etena kramayogena kalpamanvaMtarANi ca ॥ saprajAni vyatItAni zatazo 'tha sahasrazaH ॥ 17 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअज्ञेयत्वाच्च सर्वेषामसंख्येयतया पुनः ॥ शक्यो नैवानुपूर्व्याद्वै तेषां वक्तुं सुविस्तरः ॥ १८ ॥
They are innumerable and hard to be known precisely. It is impossible to mention them in detail in the precise order.
english translation
ajJeyatvAcca sarveSAmasaMkhyeyatayA punaH ॥ zakyo naivAnupUrvyAdvai teSAM vaktuM suvistaraH ॥ 18 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकल्पो नाम दिवा प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ॥ कल्पानां वै सहस्रं च ब्राह्मं वर्षमिहोच्यते ॥ १९ ॥
A Kalpa constitutes a day of Brahmā of unmanifest origin. A thousand Kalpas make a year of Brahmā.
english translation
kalpo nAma divA prokto brahmaNo 'vyaktajanmanaH ॥ kalpAnAM vai sahasraM ca brAhmaM varSamihocyate ॥ 19 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptवर्षाणामष्टसाहस्रं यच्च तद्ब्रह्मणो युगम् ॥ सवनं युगसाहस्रं ब्रह्मणः पद्मजन्मनः ॥ २० ॥
Eight thousand Brahmā years make one Brahmā Yuga. A thousand Brahmā Yugas make one Savana of Brahmā.
english translation
varSANAmaSTasAhasraM yacca tadbrahmaNo yugam ॥ savanaM yugasAhasraM brahmaNaH padmajanmanaH ॥ 20 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript