O best of kings, this is the manner in which the Creation and the Destruction of Nature takes place. The Supreme Being is all that remains when Universal destruction takes place; and it is He who assumes various forms when Creation beings.
सर्गप्रलय एतावान् प्रकृतेर्नृपसत्तम। एकत्वं प्रलये चास्य बहुत्वं च यदासृजत्॥