Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
भूराद्यांश्चतुरो लोकान् पूर्वंवत् समकल्पयत् ।
सृष्टिंचिन्तयतस्तस्य कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा ॥
bhūrādyāṃś caturō lokān pūrvaṃvat samakalpayat /
sṛṣṭiṃ cintayatas tasya kalpādiṣu yathā purā
তিনি ভূ (পৃথিবী) থেকে আরম্ভ করে চার লোককে পূর্ববৎ বিন্যস্ত করলেন; তিনি যেমন সৃষ্টির চিন্তা করলেন, তেমনই কল্পের আদিতে পূর্বের মতোই তা ঘটল।
FAQs
Cosmic history is patterned: the worlds recur ‘as before,’ conveying a doctrine of cyclic time and intelligible recurrence rather than randomness.
Kalpa and Sarga: explicit mention of kalpa-beginnings situates the narrative in the periodic reconstitution of the cosmos.
The ‘four lokas’ can be read as tiers of embodiment and experience; their re-establishment indicates reactivation of the full spectrum of conditioned existence.