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THE TWELVTH SKAXDHA.
SKANDIIA XII. CHAP. 2.
When the present Kali Yuga will be about to end, Bhagavan
will incarnate as KALKI. He will take birth at Sambhal as the
son of Vishnu-Yasas.
On His advent, Satya Yuga will make its appearance. The Sun,
the Moon and the Jupiter will then enter together the constellation
of Pushya. (Jupiter enters the constellation of Pushya in Cancer every
twelve years, and there may be a conjunction of that planet with the
Sun and the Moon on new Moon nights, but the text here means the
entering together of the three. Sridhara.}
One thousand one hundred and fifteen years will expire from
the birth of Raja Parikshit to the beginning of King Nanda's reign.
(But in the detailed account given in the Bhagavata Purana, the
period comes up to 1448 years, as shewn by Sridhara.)
Of the Seven Rishis (forming the constellation of the Great
Bear), the two that are first seen to rise above the horizon have
through their middle point a correspondence with some constellation
(in the Zodiac). The Rishis remain united to that constellation for
one hundred mortal years.
At present (i.e. when Sukadeva was reciting Bhagavata to
Raja Parikshit), the Rishis are united to Magha.
[The form of the Great Bear or the constellation of the Seven
Rishis is given below.
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Sridhara gives the following names:
No. I is Marichi.
No. 2 is Vasishtha with Arundhati.
No. 3 is Angiras.
No. 4 is Atri.
No. 5 is Pulastya.
No. 6 is Pulaha.
No. 7 is Kratu.
"Such being the configuration of the Rishis, the two that are
first seen to rise above the horizon are Pulaha and Kratu. The
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