Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्
ततः प्रभृति देवः स न प्रासूयत वै प्रजाः / ऊर्ध्वरेताः स्थितः स्थाणुर्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
tataḥ prabhṛti devaḥ sa na prāsūyata vai prajāḥ / ūrdhvaretāḥ sthitaḥ sthāṇuryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
From that time onward, that God did not beget the creatures. With his generative power turned upward, he stood as Sthāṇu, unmoving, until the great dissolution.