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
သူသည် ဘူ (မြေ) မှစ၍ လောကလေးပါးကို ယခင်ကကဲ့သို့ စီစဉ်တော်မူ၏။ ဖန်ဆင်းခြင်းကို စိတ်တွင် ဆင်ခြင်သကဲ့သို့ပင် ကလ္ပတို့၏ အစဦး၌လည်း ယခင်တုန်းကအတိုင်း ဖြစ်ခဲ့၏။
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.