### SB 3.11.36

> तस्यैव चान्ते कल्पोऽभूद्यं पाद्ममभिचक्षते ।\
> यद्धरेर्नाभिसरस आसील्लोकसरोरुहम् ॥३६॥

> tasyaiva cānte kalpo 'bhūd\
> yaṁ pādmam abhicakṣate\
> yad dharer nābhi-sarasa\
> āsīl loka-saroruham

*tasya*—of the Brāhma-kalpa; *eva*—certainly; *ca*—also; *ante*—at the end of; *kalpaḥ*—millennium; *abhūt*—came into existence; *yam*—which; *pādmam*—Pādma; *abhicakṣate*—is called; *yat*—in which; *hareḥ*—of the Personality of Godhead; *nābhi*—in the navel; *sarasaḥ*—from the reservoir of water; *āsīt*—there was; *loka*—of the universe; *saras-ruham*—lotus.

**The millennium which followed the first Brāhma millennium is known as the Pādma-kalpa because in that millennium the universal lotus flower grew out of the navel reservoir of water of the Personality of Godhead, Hari.**

The millennium following the Brāhma-kalpa is known as the Pādma-kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Pādma-kalpa is also called the Pitṛ-kalpa in certain *Purāṇas.*