Vishnupurana 29.11

29.11

dhruvāditi || kalpavāsinaḥ-kalpāvadhikāyuṣaḥ ; manvantarādyadhikāriṇaḥ indrādyāḥ svādhikāranivṛttau kālapratīkṣayā maharloke tiṣṭhanti, vivṛttādhikārāstu maharlokanivāsinaḥ, iti śaivokteḥ, kalpādhikāriṇaścātra saṃsthitā dvijapuṅgavāḥ, iti kūrmokteśca | punastānanūdya tallokocchrāyo'bhidhīyate-eketi || 12, 13 || caturguṇottara iti || caturguṇottara iti koṭidvayaṃ prakṛtaloktvājjanalokādaṣṭakoṭyuttare vyomni tapaḥ | ṣaḍguṇenetyatrāpi tapaso dvādaśakoṭyucchrāye satyam | itthaṃ trayoviṃśatiḥ koṭayo dhruvādūrdhvaṃ satyamārabhyāṇḍakaṭāhāntaṃ kiṃcidūnaṃ koṭidvayaṃ jñeyam | brahmaloka eva bhagavataḥ puraṃ rudrādīnāṃ ca | tadupari tamastato'ṇḍakaṭāhaśca | yattu janalokāttapolokaścatasraḥ koṭayaḥ smṛtāḥ | prājāpatyāt brahmalokaḥ koṭiṣaṭkaṃ tu sṛjyate || iti purāṇāntaravacanaṃ tattu tattallokāntarālaviṣayam | idaṃ tu caturguṇottare ṣaḍguṇenetyādivacanaṃ tattallokāntarālasya lokocchrāyaghanasya ca saṃhatya mānoktiparamityavirodhaḥ |