Changing himself into the Wind, he scatters the universe. Of universal form, he becomes fire which consumes all things. Changing himself into Water, he drenches and submerges all, and assuming the form of Brahmans, he creates all the various animate and inanimate creatures.
मग्निर्भूत्वा दहते विश्वरूपः। आपो भूत्वा मज्जयते च सर्वे ब्रह्मा भूत्वा सृजते विश्वसंघान्॥