Shloka 7
कलिस्वरूप-वर्णनम् एवं कालमान-प्रस्तावना
आद्ये कृतयुगे सर्गो ब्रह्मणा क्रियते यतः क्रियते चोपसंहारस् तथान्ते च कलौ युगे
ādye kṛtayuge sargo brahmaṇā kriyate yataḥ kriyate copasaṃhāras tathānte ca kalau yuge
आद्य कृतयुगात ब्रह्मा सृष्टीची प्रवृत्ती करतो; तसेच कलियुगाच्या शेवटी उपसंहार व प्रलय घडविला जातो।
Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames time as cyclical: creation begins at the opening of the Kṛta Yuga, and dissolution/withdrawal occurs at the close of the Kali Yuga, marking the cosmic reset.
He anchors the cycle with two decisive thresholds—initiation (sarga) and termination (upasaṃhāra)—showing that the ages culminate in dissolution before the next cycle begins.
Though Brahmā is named as the agent of creation, the Purāṇic framework treats such cosmic functions as operating under the supreme sovereignty of Vishnu, who is the ultimate ground of order behind cyclical manifestation and withdrawal.