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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 11 ]
TEXT 36
तस्यैव चान्ते कल्पोऽभूद् यं पाद्यमभिचक्षते । यद्वर्त्नाभिसरस आसील्लोकसरोरुहम् ॥३६॥
tasyaiva cānte kalpo 'bhūd yam pādmam abhicakṣate yad dharer nābhi-sarasa āsū loka-saro-ruham
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;  āsū —there was;  loka —of the universe;  saras-ruham —lotus.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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 Pitr-kalpa in certain  Purāṇas .
TEXT 37
अयं तु कथितः कल्पो द्वितीयस्यापि भारत । वाराह इति विख्यातो यत्रासीच्छूकरो हरिः ॥३७॥
ayam tu kathitaḥ kalpo dvitīyasyāpi bhārata vārāha iti vikhyāto yatrāsīc chūkaro hariḥ
ayam —this;  tu —but;  kathitaḥ —known as;  kalpaḥ —the current millennium;  dvitīyasya —of the second half;  api —certainly;  bhārata —O descendent