  The most well tested and successful model of particle physics is the Standard
Model (SM). It is shown here that the restoration of the full SM symmetry (as
in the Early Universe) leads to the result that the electric charge loses all
physical meaning and hence does not exist above this scale, As a direct
consequence of this we show that `time', `light' along with its velocity c and
therefore the theory of relativity, all lose any physical meaning. The
space-time structure as known to us, disappears in this phase transition. Thus
it is hypothesized that the Universe came into existence when the SM symmetry $
SU(3)_c \otimes SU(2)_L \otimes U(1)_Y $ was spontaneously broken to $ SU(3)_c
\otimes U(1)_{em} $. This does not require any spurious extensions of the SM
and in a natural and consistent manner explains the origin of the Universe
within the framework of the SM itself. Thus the SM, in addition to all its
successes, has within itself, the capablity of giving a consistent decription
of the origin of the Universe.
