( Summary of Contents - Verse 44-45

The incomparable golden cosmic egg was born from it. The cosmic egg was enveloped by the waters; the waters by the fire ; the fire by the wind ; the wind by the ether ; the ether by the cosmic Ego; that Ego by the cosmic intellect {Mahat) and that intellect by the Unmanifest ( avyakta) . 2 46-47, Hence in this Purana, the origins of all the gods and sages are narrated. The origin of rivers and mountains is explained ; all the Manvantaras and Kalpas are described ; legends about Brahmanas and Ksatriyas and the birth of Brahmanas are retold.