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# Vayupurana 1.58: adhyāyaḥ 58

Vāyupurāṇa 1.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 58

### [1.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.1)

..sūta uvāca ..

### [1.58.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.2)

ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparasya vidhiṃ punaḥ.  
tatra tretāyuge kṣīṇe dvāparaṃ pratipadyate .. 58.1 ..

### [1.58.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.3)

dvāparādau prajānāntu siddhistratāyuge tu yā.  
parivṛtte yuge tasmiṃstataḥ sā saṃpraṇaśyati .. 58.2 ..

### [1.58.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.4)

tataḥ pravarttate tāsāṃ prajānāṃ dvāpare punaḥ.  
lobho'dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ .. 58.3 ..

### [1.58.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.5)

tambhedaścaiva varṇānāṃ kāryāṇāñcā vinirṇayaḥ.  
yajñauṣadheḥ paśordaṇḍo mado dambho'kṣamā balam.  
eṣāṃ rajastamoyuktā pravṛttirdvāpare smṛtā .. 58.4 ..

### [1.58.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.6)

ādye kṛte ca dharmo'sti tretāyāṃ samprapadyate.  
dvāpare vyākulībhūtvā praṇaśyati kalau yuge .. 58.5 ..

### [1.58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.7)

varṇānāṃ viparidhvaṃsaḥ saṃkīrttyate tathāśramaḥ.  
dvaidhamutpadyate caiva yuge tasmin śrutau smṛtau .. 58.6 ..

### [1.58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.8)

dvaidhāt śruteḥ smṛteścaiva niścayo nādhigamyate.  
aniścayādigamanāddharmatattvaṃ nigadyate.  
dharmatattve tu bhinnānāṃ matibhedo bhavennṛṇām .. 58.7 ..

### [1.58.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.9)

parasparavibhinnaistairdṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhrameṇa ca.  
ayaṃ dharmo hyayaṃ neti niścayo nābhigamyate .. 58.8 ..

### [1.58.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.10)

kāraṇānāñca vakailyāt kāraṇasyāpyaniścayāt.  
matibhede ca teṣāṃ vai dṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhramo bhavet .. 58.9 ..

### [1.58.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.11)

tato dṛṣṭivibhinnaistaiḥ kṛtaṃ śāstrakulantvidam.  
eko vedaśvatuṣpādastretāsviha vidhīyate .. 58.10 ..

### [1.58.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.12)

saṃrodhādāyuṣaścaiva dṛśyate dvāpareṣu ca .  
vedavyāsaiścaturdhā tu vyasyate dvāparādiṣu .. 58.11 ..

### [1.58.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.13)

ṛṣiputraiḥ punarvedā bhidyante dṛṣṭivibhramaiḥ.  
mantrabrāhmaṇavinyāsaiḥ svaravarṇaviparyayaiḥ .. 58.12 ..

### [1.58.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.14)

saṃhitā ṛgyajuḥsāmnāṃ saṃhanyante śrutarṣibhiḥ.  
sāmānyādvaikṛtāccaiva dṛṣṭibhinnaiḥ vkacitvkacit .. 58.13 ..

### [1.58.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.15)

brāhmaṇaṃ kalpasūtrāṇi mantrapravacanāni ca.  
anye tu prahitāstīrthaiḥ kecittān pratyavasthitāḥ .. 58.14 ..

### [1.58.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.16)

dvāpareṣu pravarttante bhinnavṛttāśramā dvijāḥ.  
ekamādhvaryavaṃ pūrvamāsīddvaidhaṃ punastataḥ .. 58.15 ..

### [1.58.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.17)

sāmānyaviparītārthaiḥ kṛtaṃ śāstrakulantvidam.  
ādhvaryavasya prastāvairbahudhā vyākulaṃ kṛtam .. 58.16 ..

### [1.58.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.18)

tathaivātharvaṛksāmnāṃ vikalpaiścāpyasaṃkṣayaiḥ.  
vyākulaṃ dvāpare bhinne kriyate bhinnadarśanaiḥ .. 58.17 ..

### [1.58.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.19)

taiṣāṃ bhedāḥ prabhedāśca vikalpaiścāpyasaṃkṣayāḥ .  
dvāpare sampravartante vinaśyanti punaḥ kalau .. 58.18 ..

### [1.58.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.20)

teṣāṃ viparyayāścaiva bhavanti dvāpare punaḥ.  
avṛṣṭirmaraṇañcaiva tathaiva vyādhyupadvavāḥ .. 58.19 ..

### [1.58.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.21)

vāṅmanaḥkarmajairduḥkhairnirvedo jāyate punaḥ .  
nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥkhamokṣa vicāraṇā .. 58.20 ..

### [1.58.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.22)

vicārāṇācca vairāgyaṃ vairāgyāddopadarśanam.  
doṣāṇāṃ darśanāccaiva dvāpare jñānasambhavaḥ .. 58.21 ..

### [1.58.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.23)

teṣāñca mānināṃ pūrvamādye svāyambhuve'ntare.  
utpadyante hi śāstrāṇāṃ dvāpare paripanthinaḥ .. 58.22 ..

### [1.58.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.24)

āyurvedavikalpāśca aṅgānāṃ jyautiṣasya ca.  
arthaśāstravikalpaśca hetuśāstravikalpanam .. 58.23 ..

### [1.58.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.25)

smṛtiśāstraprabhedāśca prasthānāni pṛthak pṛthak.  
dvāpareṣvabhivarttante matibhedāstathā nṛṇām .. 58.24 ..

### [1.58.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.26)

manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrā dvārttā prasiddhyati.  
dvāpare sarvabhūtānāṃ kāyakleśapuraskṛtā .. 58.25 ..

### [1.58.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.27)

lobhe'dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ.  
vedaśāstrapraṇayanaṃ dharmāṇāṃ saṅkarastathā .. 58.26 ..

### [1.58.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.28)

dvāpareṣu pravarttante rogo lobho vadhastathā.  
varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsāḥ kāmadveṣau tathaiva ca .. 58.27 ..

### [1.58.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.29)

pūrṇe varṣasahasre dve paramāyustuthā nṛṇām.  
niḥśepe dvāpare tasmin tasya sandhyā tu pādataḥ .. 58.28 ..

### [1.58.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.30)

pratiṣṭhate guṇairhīno dharmo'sau dvāparasya tu .  
tathaiva sandhyāpādena aṃśastasyāvatiṣṭhate .. 58.29 ..

### [1.58.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.31)

dvāparasya ca varṣe yā tiṣyasya tu nibodhata.  
dvāparasyāṃśaśeṣe tu pratipattiḥ kalerataḥ .. 58.30 ..

### [1.58.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.32)

hiṃsāsūyānṛtaṃ māyā vadhaścaiva tapasvinām.  
ete svabhāvāstiṣyasya sādhayanti ca vai prajāḥ .. 58.31 ..

### [1.58.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.33)

eṣa dharmaḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtsno dharmaśca parihīyate.  
manasā karmaṇā stutyā vārttā siddhyati vā na vā .. 58.32 ..

### [1.58.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.34)

kalau pramārako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni vai.  
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ darśanañca viparyayam .. 58.33 ..

### [1.58.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.35)

na pramāṇaṃ smṛterasti tiṣye loke yuge yuge.  
garbhastho mriyate kaścidyauvanasthastathāparaḥ .  
sthāvire madhyakaumāre mriyante vai kalau prajāḥ .. 58.34 ..

### [1.58.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.36)

adhārmikāstvanācārāstīkṣṇa kopālpatejasaḥ.  
anṛtabruvaśca satataṃ tiṣye jāyanti vai prajāḥ .. 58.35 ..

### [1.58.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.37)

duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ.  
viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaistaiḥ prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam .. 58.36 ..

### [1.58.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.38)

hiṃsā māyā tatherṣyā ca krodho'sūyākṣamānṛtam.  
tiṣye bhavanti jantūnāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvaśaḥ .. 58.37 ..

### [1.58.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.39)

saṃkṣobho jāyate'tyarthaṃ kalimāsādya vai yugam.  
nādhīyante tadā vedā na yajante dvijātayaḥ.  
utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāḥ saviśaḥ kramāt .. 58.38 ..

### [1.58.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.40)

kṣudrāṇāmantyayonestu sambandhā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha.  
bhavantīha kalau tasmin śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ .. 58.39 ..

### [1.58.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.41)

rājānaḥ śūdrabhūyiṣṭhā pāṣaṇḍānāṃ pravartakāḥ.  
bhrūṇahatyāḥ prajāstatra prajā evaṃ pravarttate .. 58.40 ..

### [1.58.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.42)

āyurmedhā balaṃ rūpaṃ kulañcaiva prahīyate.  
śūdrāśca brāhmaṇācārāḥ śūdrācārāśca brāhmaṇāḥ .. 58.41 ..

### [1.58.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.43)

rājavṛtte sthitāścaurāścauravṛttāśca pārthivāḥ.  
bhṛtyāśca naṣṭasuhṛdo yugānte paryupasthite .. 58.42 ..

### [1.58.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.44)

aśīlinyo'vratāścāpi striyo madyāmiṣapriyāḥ.  
māyāmātrā bhaviṣyanti yugānte pratyupasthite .. 58.43 ..

### [1.58.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.45)

śvāpadaprabalatvañca gavāñcaivāpyupakṣayaḥ.  
sādhūnāṃ vinivṛttiśca vidyāttasmin kalau yuge .. 58.44 ..

### [1.58.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.46)

tadā sūkṣme mahodarko durlabho bhogināṃ tathā.  
caturāśramaśaithilyāddharmaḥ pravicaliṣyati .. 58.45 ..

### [1.58.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.47)

tadā hyalpaphalā devī bhavedbhūmirmahīyasī.  
śūdrāstapaścariṣyanti yugānte pratyupaśthite .. 58.46 ..

### [1.58.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.48)

tadā hyaikāhiko dharmo dvāpare yaśca māsikaḥ.  
tretāyāṃ vatsarasthaśca ekāhādatiricyate .. 58.47 ..

### [1.58.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.49)

arakṣitāro harttāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ.  
yugānteṣu bhaviṣyanti svarakṣaṇaparāyaṇāḥ .. 58.48 ..

### [1.58.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.50)

akṣatriyāśca rājāno viśaḥ śūdropajīvinaḥ.  
śūdrābhivādinaḥ sarve yugānte dvijasattamāḥ .. 58.49 ..

### [1.58.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.51)

patayaśca bhaviṣyanti bahavo'smin kalau yuge.  
citravarṣī tadā devo yadā syāttu yugakṣayaḥ .. 58.50 ..

### [1.58.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.52)

sarve vāṇijakāścāpi bhaviṣyantyadhame yuge.  
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ kūṭamānaiśca paṇyavikrītatejanaiḥ .. 58.51 ..

### [1.58.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.53)

kuśīlacaryā pāṣaṇḍairvṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtam.  
puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ yugānte paryupasthite .. 58.52 ..

### [1.58.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.54)

bahuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam.  
kravyādanaḥ krūravākyo nārjavo nānasūyakaḥ .. 58.53 ..

### [1.58.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.55)

na kṛte pratikartā ca kṣīṇo loko bhaviṣyati.  
aśaṅkā caiva patite tadyugāntasya lakṣaṇam .. 58.54 ..

### [1.58.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.56)

naraśūnyā vasumatī śūnyā caiva bhaviṣyati.  
maṇḍalāni bhavantyatra deśeṣu nagareṣu ca .. 58.55 ..

### [1.58.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.57)

alpodakā cālpaphalā bhaviṣyati vasundharā.  
goptāraścāpyagoptāraḥ prabhaviṣyantyaśāsanāḥ .. 58.56 ..

### [1.58.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.58)

harttāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ.  
kāmātmāno durātmāno hyadharmāt sāhasapriyāḥ .. 58.57 ..

### [1.58.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.59)

anaṣṭacetanāḥ puṃso muktakeśāstu cūlikāḥ.  
ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣāśca prajāyante yugakṣaye .. 58.58 ..

### [1.58.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.60)

śukladantā jitākṣāśca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ.  
śūdrā dharmañcariṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite .. 58.59 ..

### [1.58.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.61)

sasyacaurā bhaviṣyaṃti tathā cailābhimarśanāḥ.  
caurāścaurasya harttāro hanturharttāra eva va .. 58.60 ..

### [1.58.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.62)

jñānakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṅgate .  
kīṭamūṣikasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān .. 58.61 ..

### [1.58.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.63)

subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ bhavet.  
kauśikāḥ prativatsyanti deśān kṣudbhayapīḍitān .. 58.62 ..

### [1.58.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.64)

duḥkhenābhiplutānāñca paramāyuḥ śataṃ bhavet.  
dṛśyante na ca dṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge'khilāḥ .. 58.63 ..

### [1.58.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.65)

utsīdanti tathā yajñāḥ kevalā dharmapīḍitāḥ.  
kaṣāyiṇaśca nirgranthāstathā kāpālinaśca ha .. 58.64 ..

### [1.58.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.66)

vedavikrayiṇaścānye tīrthavikrayiṇo'pare .  
varṇāśramāṇāṃ ye cānye pāṣaṇḍāḥ paripanthinaḥ .. 58.65 ..

### [1.58.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.67)

utpadyante tathā te vai saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge.  
nādhīyante tadā vedāḥ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ .. 58.66 ..

### [1.58.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.68)

yajante nāśvamedhena rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ.  
strīvadhaṃ govadhaṃ kṛtvā hatvā caiva parasparam.  
upahanyustadānyonyaṃ sādhayanti tathā prajāḥ .. 58.67 ..

### [1.58.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.69)

duḥkhapracārato'lpāyurdeśotsādaḥ sarogatā.  
moho glānistathāsaukhyaṃ tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam .. 58.68 ..

### [1.58.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.70)

prajā tu bhrūṇahatyāyāmatha vai sampravarttate.  
tasmādāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ kaliṃ prāpya prahīyate.  
duḥkhenābhiplutānāṃ vai paramāyuḥ śataṃ nṛṇām .. 58.69 ..

### [1.58.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.71)

dṛśyante nābhidṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge'khilāḥ.  
utsīdante tadā yajñāḥ kovalā dharmapīḍitāḥ .. 58.70 ..

### [1.58.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.72)

tadā tvalpena kālena siddhiṃ yāsyanti mānavāḥ.  
dhanyā dharmañcariṣyanti yugānte dvijasattamāḥ .. 58.71 ..

### [1.58.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.73)

śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ ye carantyanasūyakāḥ.  
tretāyāṃ vārṣiko dharmo dvāpare māsikaḥ smṛtaḥ.  
yathāśaktiṃ caran prājñastadahnā prāpruyāt kalau .. 58.72 ..

### [1.58.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.74)

eṣā kaliyuge'vasthā sandhyāṃśantu nibodha me .  
yuge yuge tu hīyante trīṃstrīn pādāṃśca siddhayaḥ .. 58.73 ..

### [1.58.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.75)

yugasvabhāvātsandhyāstu tiṣṭhantīmāstu pādaśaḥ.  
sandhyāsvabhāvāccāṃśeṣu pādaśaste pratiṣṭhitāḥ .. 58.74 ..

### [1.58.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.76)

evaṃ sandhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike.  
teṣāṃ śāstā hyasādhūnāṃ bhṛgūṇāṃ nidhanotthitaḥ .. 58.75 ..

### [1.58.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.77)

gotreṇa vai candramaso nāmnā pramitirucyate.  
mādhavasya tu soṃśena pūrvaṃ svāyambhuve'ntare .. 58.76 ..

### [1.58.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.78)

samāḥ sa viṃśatiṃ pūrṇāḥ paryaṭan vai vasundharām.  
ācakarṣa sa vai senāṃ savājirathakuñjarām .. 58.77 ..

### [1.58.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.79)

pragṛhītāyudhairvipraiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.  
sa tadā taiḥ parivṛto mlecchān hanti sahasraśaḥ .. 58.78 ..

### [1.58.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.80)

sa hatvā sarvagaścaiva rājñastān śūdrayonijāt.  
pāṣaṇḍān sa tataḥ sarvānniḥśeṣān kṛtavān prabhuḥ .. 58.79 ..

### [1.58.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.81)

nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca tān sarvān hanti sarvaśaḥ.  
varṇavyatyāsajātāṃśca ye ca tānupajīvinaḥ .. 58.80 ..

### [1.58.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.82)

udīcyānmadhyadeśāṃśca pārvatīyāṃstathaiva ca.  
prācyān pratīcyāṃśca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhāparāntikān .. 58.81 ..

### [1.58.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.83)

tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍān siṃhalaiḥ saha.  
gāndārān pāradāṃścaiva pahnavān yavanāṃstathā .. 58.82 ..

### [1.58.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.84)

tuṣārān varvarāṃścīnān śūlikān daradān khasān.  
lampākāntha ketāṃśca kirātānāñca jātayaḥ .. 58.83 ..

### [1.58.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.85)

pravṛttacakro balavān mlecchānāmantakṛdvibhuḥ.  
adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ cacārātha vasundharām .. 58.84 ..

### [1.58.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.86)

mādhavasya tu soṃśena devasya hi vijajñivān .  
pūrvajanmavidhijñaiśca pramitirnāma vīryavān .. 58.85 ..

### [1.58.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.87)

gotreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrve kaliyuge prabhuḥ.  
dvātriṃśe'bhyudite varṣe prakrānte viṃśatiṃ samāḥ .. 58.86 ..

### [1.58.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.88)

vinighnan sarvabhūtāni mānavāni sahasraśaḥ.  
kṛtvā vīryāvaśeṣāntu pṛthvīṃ ṟūḍhena karmaṇā .  
parasparanimittena kopenākasmikena tu .. 58.87 ..

### [1.58.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.89)

sa sādhayitvā vṛṣalān prāyaśastānadhārmikān .  
gaṅgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ prāptaḥ sahānugaḥ .. 58.88 ..

### [1.58.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.90)

tato vyatīte tasmiṃstu amātye satyasainike.  
utsādya pārthivān sarvān mlecchāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ .. 58.89 ..

### [1.58.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.91)

tatra sandhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike.  
sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha vkacit vkacit .. 58.90 ..

### [1.58.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.92)

apragrahāstatastā vai lokaceṣṭāstu vṛndaśaḥ.  
upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ prapadyante parasparam .. 58.91 ..

### [1.58.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.93)

arājake yugavaśāt saṃśaye samupasthite.  
prajāstā vai tataḥ sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ .. 58.92 ..

### [1.58.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.94)

vyākulāśca pariśrāntāstyaktvā dārān gṛhāṇi ca.  
svān prāṇān samavekṣanto niṣṭhāṃ prāptāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. 58.93 ..

### [1.58.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.95)

naṣṭe śraute smṛte dharme parasparahatāstadā.  
nirmaryādā nirākrandā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ .. 58.94 ..

### [1.58.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.96)

naṣṭe varpe pratihatā hrasvakāḥ pañjaviṃśakāḥ.  
hitvā dārāṃśca putrāṃśca viṣādavyākulendriyāḥ .. 58.95 ..

### [1.58.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.97)

anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārttāmutsṛjya duḥkhitāḥ.  
pratyantāṃstānnipevante hitvā janapadān svakān .. 58.96 ..

### [1.58.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.98)

saritaḥ sāgarān kūpān sevante parvatāṃstadā.  
madhumāṃsairmūlaphalairvarttayanti suduḥkhitāḥ .. 58.97 ..

### [1.58.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.99)

cīravastrājinadharā niṣpatrā niṣparigrahāḥ.  
varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṅkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ .. 58.98 ..

### [1.58.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.100)

etāḥ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptā alpaśeṣāstathā prajāḥ .  
jarāvyādhikṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamāgaman .. 58.99 ..

### [1.58.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.101)

vicāraṇantu nirvedāt sāmyāvasthā vicāraṇāt.  
sāmyāvasthāsu sambodhaḥ sambodhāddharmaśīlatā .. 58.100 ..

### [1.58.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.102)

tāsupagamayuktāsu kaliśiṣṭāsu vai svayam.  
ahorātraṃ tadā tāsāṃ yugantu parivarttate .. 58.101 ..

### [1.58.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.103)

cittasammohanaṃ kṛtvā tāsāntaiḥ saptamantu tat.  
bhāvino'rthasya ca balāttataḥ kṛtamavartata .. 58.102 ..

### [1.58.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.104)

pravṛtte tu punastasmiṃstataḥ kṛtayuge tu vai.  
utpannāḥ kaliśiṣṭāstu kārtayugyaḥ prajāmtadā .. 58.103 ..

### [1.58.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.105)

tiṣṭhanti ceha ye siddhāḥ sudṛṣṭā vicaranti ca.  
sadā saptarṣayaścaiva tatra te ca vyavasthitāḥ .. 58.104 ..

### [1.58.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.106)

brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthaṃ ye smṛtā iha.  
kalijaiḥ saha te sarve nirviśeṣāstadābhavan .. 58.105 ..

### [1.58.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.107)

teṣāṃ saptarṣayo dharma kathayantītareṣu ca .  
varṇā śramācārayuktaḥ śrautaḥ smārto dvidhā tu saḥ .. 58.106 ..

### [1.58.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.108)

tatasteṣu kriyāvatsu varttante vai prajāḥ kṛte .  
śrautaḥ smārttaḥ kṛtānāntu dharmaḥ saptarṣidarśitaḥ .. 58.107 ..

### [1.58.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.109)

tāsu dharmavyavastārthaṃ tiṣṭhantīhāyugakṣayāt .  
manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti munayastu vai .. 58.108 ..

### [1.58.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.110)

yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣviha tape ṛtau .  
navānāṃ prathamaṃ dṛṣṭasteṣāṃ mūle tu sambhavaḥ .. 58.109 ..

### [1.58.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.111)

evaṃ yugādyugasteha santānastu parasparam .  
varttate hyavyavacchedādyāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ .. 58.110 ..

### [1.58.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.112)

sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ dharmārthau kāma eva ca .  
yugeṣvetāni hīyante trīṇi pādakrameṇa tu .. 58.111 ..

### [1.58.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.113)

sasandhyaṃśeṣu hīyante yugānāṃ dharmasiddhayaḥ.  
ityeṣa pratisandhirvaḥ kīrttitastu mayā dvijāḥ .. 58.112 ..

### [1.58.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.114)

caturyugānāṃ sarveṣāmetenaiva prasādhanam ..

### [1.58.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.115)

eṣā caturyugāvṛttirāsahasrāt pravarttate .. 58.113 ..

### [1.58.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.116)

brahmaṇastadahaḥ proktaṃ rātriśca tāvatī smṛtā .  
atrārjavaṃ jaḍībhāvo bhūtānāmāyugakṣayāt .. 58.114 ..

### [1.58.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.117)

etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam.  
eṣā caturyugānāntu gaṇanā hyekasaptatiḥ.  
krameṇa parivṛttā tu manorantaramucyate .. 58.115 ..

### [1.58.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.118)

caturyuge tathaikasmin bhavatīha yathāśrutam.  
tathā cānyeṣu bhavati punastadvai yathākramam .. 58.116 ..

### [1.58.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.119)

sarge sarge yathā bhedā utpadyante tathaiva tu .  
pañcaviṃśatparimitā na nyūnā nādhikāstathā .. 58.117 ..

### [1.58.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.120)

tathā kalpayugaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhavanti samalakṣaṇāḥ.  
manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāmetadeva tu lakṣaṇam .. 58.118 ..

### [1.58.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.121)

tathā yugānāṃ parivarttanāni cirapravṛttāni yugasvabhavāt .  
tathā na santiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivarttamānaḥ .. 58.119 ..

### [1.58.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.122)

ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ.  
atītānāgatānāṃ vai sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi .. 58.120 ..

### [1.58.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.123)

anāgateṣu tadvacca tarkkaḥ kāryo vijānatā.  
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha .. 58.121 ..

### [1.58.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.124)

manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai.  
vyākhyātāni vijānīdvaṃ kalpe kalpena caiva hi .. 58.122 ..

### [1.58.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.125)

asyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta.  
devā hyaṣṭavidhā ye ca iha manvantareśvarāḥ .. 58.123 ..

### [1.58.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.126)

ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyāḥ prayojanaiḥ.  
evaṃ varṇāśramāṇāntu pravibhāgo yuge yuge .. 58.124 ..

### [1.58.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.127)

yugasvabhāvācca tathā vidhatte vai sadā prabhuḥ .  
varṇāśramavibhāgaśca yugāni yugasiddhaye .. 58.125 ..

### [1.58.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.128)

anuṣaṅgaḥ samākhyātaḥ sṛṣṭisargannibodhata.  
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca sthitiṃ vakṣye yugeṣviha .. 58.126 ..

### [1.58.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.58.129)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte caturyugākhyānaṃ nāmāṣṭapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 58 ..

## Linked texts (5)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.31.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.144.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.1.4.38.238) — Sanskrit
- [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.6.3-2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.1.p52) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit

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