During the seventh birth of Brahman from the lotus, O king, that sprang from the navel of Narayana, this religion was once more preached by Narayana himself, to the Grandsire of pure soul, the Creator of all the worlds, in the beginning of this Kalpa. The Grandfather gave it in days of yore to Daksha.
यदिदं सप्तमं जन्म पद्मजं ब्रह्मणो नृप। तत्रैव धर्मः कथितः स्वयं नारायणेन ह॥ पितामहाय शुद्धाय युगादौ लोकधारिणे। पितामहश्च दक्षाय धर्ममेतं पुरा ददौ॥