[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c82.45 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.45 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.45 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.45) ⁶⁷¹ अनादिरेष भगवान् कालोऽनन्तोऽजरोऽमरः । सर्वगत्वात् स्वतन्त्रत्वात् सर्वात्मत्वा-न्महेश्वरः। बह्मणो बहवो रुद्रा ह्यन्ये नारायणाइयः । एको हि भगवानीशः कालः कविरिति स्मृतः । कालेनैव च सृज्यन्ते स एव ग्रसते पुन । ब्रह्मन्नारायेशाना त्रयाणां प्राकृतो लयः। प्रोच्यते कालयोगेन पुनरेव च सम्भवः । परं ब्रह्म च भूतानि वासुदेवोऽपि शङ्करः । तस्मात् कालात्मकं विश्वं स एव परमेश्वर । q by हे on काल p 6 from कूर्मपुराण These are कूर्म I chap. 5 but the order of verses is different For प्राकृतलय vide विष्णुपुराण I. 2.25 - [Previous: v6.c82.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.44) - [Next: v6.c82.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.46) - [Up: v6.c82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82) ## Cites (2) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.2.25) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.45) · Pramāṇa