From the Wind proceeds Heat. From Heat proceeds Water, and from Water is produced the Earth. These Eight form primordial Prakriti. The universe rests on them.
वायोस्तेजस्ततश्चाप अद्भ्योऽथ वसुधोद्गता। मूलप्रकृतयो ह्यष्टौ जगदेतास्ववस्थितम्॥