tam anv atha vaá¹­o brahman
salilaṠloka-samplavaḥ
tirodhÄyi ká¹£aṇÄd asya
svÄÅ›rame pÅ«rva-vat sthitaḥ

 tam - Him; anu - following; atha - then; vaá¹­aḥ - the banyan tree; brahman - O brÄhmaṇa, Åšaunaka; salilam - the water; loka-samplavaḥ - the annihilation of the universe; tirodhÄyi - they disappeared; ká¹£aṇÄt - immediately; asya - in front of him; sva-ÄÅ›rame - in his own hermitage; pÅ«rva-vat - as previously; sthitaḥ - he was present.


Text

After the Lord disappeared, O brÄhmaṇa, the banyan tree, the great water and the dissolution of the universe all vanished as well, and in an instant MÄrkaṇá¸eya found himself back in his own hermitage, just as before.

Purport

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda to the Twelfth Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “MÄrkaṇá¸eya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord.â€