Narada said Whence, O Brahmana, has this universe, consisting of mobile and iminobile objects, been created? When, again, the all-embracing destruction sets in, into whom does it merge! Let your learned self describe this to me.
नारद उवाच कुत: सृष्टमिदं विश्वं ब्रह्मन् स्थावरजङ्गमम्। प्रलये च कमभ्येति तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे॥