Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17
Sanskrit:
नैमित्तिक: प्राकृतिको नित्य आत्यन्तिको लय: ।संस्थेति कविभि: प्रोक्तश्चतुर्धास्य स्वभावत: ॥ १७ ॥
ITRANS:
naimittikaḥ prākṛtikonitya ātyantiko layaḥsaṁstheti kavibhiḥ proktaścaturdhāsya svabhāvataḥ
Translation:
There are four types of cosmic annihilation — occasional, elemental, continuous and ultimate — all of which are effected by the inherent potency of the Supreme Lord. Learned scholars have designated this topic dissolution.