śrī-brahmovāca
sthānaṁ madīyaṁ saha-viśvam etat
krīḍāvasāne dvi-parārdha-saṁjñe
bhrū-bhaṅga-mātreṇa hi sandidhakṣoḥ
kālātmano yasya tirobhaviṣyati
ahaṁ bhavo dakṣa-bhṛgu-pradhānāḥ
prajeśa-bhūteśa-sureśa-mukhyāḥ
sarve vayaṁ yan-niyamaṁ prapannā
mūrdhnyārpitaṁ loka-hitaṁ vahāmaḥ
śrī-brahmā uvāca - Lord Brahmā said; sthānam - the place where I am; madīyam - my residence, Brahmaloka; saha - with; viśvam - the whole universe; etat - this; krīḍā-avasāne - at the end of the period for the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvi-parārdha-saṁjñe - the time known as the end of a dvi-parārdha; bhrū-bhaṅga-mātreṇa - simply by the flicking of the eyebrows; hi - indeed; sandidhakṣoḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, when He desires to burn the whole universe; kāla-ātmanaḥ - of the form of destruction; yasya - of whom; tirobhaviṣyati - will be vanquished; aham - I; bhavaḥ - Lord Śiva; dakṣa - Prajāpati Dakṣa; bhṛgu - the great saint Bhṛgu; pradhānāḥ - and others headed by them; prajā-īśa - the controllers of the prajās; bhūta-īśa - the controllers of the living entities; sura-īśa - the controllers of the demigods; mukhyāḥ - headed by them; sarve - all of them; vayam - we also; yat-niyamam - whose regulative principle; prapannāḥ - are surrendered; mūrdhnyā arpitam - bowing our heads; loka-hitam - for the benefit of all living entities; vahāmaḥ - carry out the orders ruling over the living entities.
In Bhagavad-gītā (10.34) it is said, mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham: when the Supreme Personality of Godhead approaches as death, or the supreme controller of time, He takes everything away. In other words, all opulence, prestige and everything we possess is given by the Supreme Lord for some purpose. It is the duty of the surrendered soul to execute the orders of the Supreme. No one can disregard Him. Under the circumstances, Lord Brahmā refused to give shelter to Durvāsā Muni from the powerful Sudarśana cakra sent by the Lord.