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The Bhavishya Purana, though it originated in or before the 5th century CE, has undergone extensive revision over the centuries. Many modern scholars and historians doubt the authenticity of much of it.
Nyuha, son of Lomaka, had three son named Sima, Sama, and Bhava. He ruled for 500 years and was a devotee of Lord Vishnu.
Vishnu once appeared to Nyuha in a dream, telling him to build a boat to ride out a devastation which was to arrive in seven days. Nyuha made a strong boat, with dimensions 300 by 50 by 30 feet. All living entities could take shelter in it.
Lord Indra called upon a cloud named Sambartaka to pour down heavy rain for forty days. Of the whole earth, only Visala or Badarikasrama was not submerged. King Nyuha and his family were joined by 80,000 transcendentalists in Visala; everything else was destroyed.
All the sages praised Lord Vishnu, and Vishnu-maya, pleased by the prayers, reduced the waters of devastation. After a year, the earth gradually emerged, and Nyuha came back to his place in Sisina.
Astrojyoti, "Bhavishya Purana", from the Pratisarga Parva, chapters 4 to 7, https://www.astrojyoti.com/bhavishyapurana-2.htm, accessed 6/14/2021.