Shloka 18

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

सर्वकालसुखः कालो नात्यर्थं घर्मशीतता ।

कालेन गच्छता तेषां चित्रा सिद्धिरजायत ॥

Transliteration

sarvakālasukhaḥ kālo nātyarthaṃ gharmaśītatā /

kālena gacchatā teṣāṃ citrā siddhirajāyata

Translation

कालः सर्वदा सुखावह आसीत्; नात्युष्णं नातिशीतं च। तेषां काले प्रवर्तमाने अद्भुताः सिद्धयः समुत्पेदिरे।

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purana’s cosmological account (frame-speaker not specified in provided excerpt)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Siddhi
• Mythic climatology
• Kāla (Time)