The elemental creation and the worlds

SK 53

aṣṭa-vikalpo daivas tairyag-yonaś ca pañcadhā bhavati mānuṣyaś caika-vidhaḥ samāsato bhautikaḥ sargaḥ.

SK 54

ūrdhvaṃ sattva-viśālas tamo-viśālaś ca mūlataḥ sargaḥ madhye rajo-viśālo Brahmādi-stamba-pary-antaḥ.

SK 55

tatra jarā-maraṇa-kṛtaṃ duḥkham prāpnoti cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ liṅgasyā ’vinivṛttes tasmād duḥkhaṃ sva-bhāvena.