Agni Purana — Chapter 107
AgP 107.1
:ए इत्य् आगेनेये महापुराणे नगरादिवास्तुर्नाम षडधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१०७} :श् अथ सप्ताधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः स्वायम्भुवसर्गः अग्निर् उवाच(४) वक्ष्ये भुवनकोषञ्च पृथ्वीद्वीपादिलक्षणं अग्निध्रश्चाग्निबाहुश् च वपुष्मान्द्युतिमांस् तथा
:e ity āgeneye mahāpurāṇe nagarādivāsturnāma ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {107} :ś atha saptādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ svāyambhuvasargaḥ agnir uvāca(4) vakṣye bhuvanakoṣañca pṛthvīdvīpādilakṣaṇaṃ agnidhraścāgnibāhuś ca vapuṣmāndyutimāṃs tathā
[colophon: thus the 106th chapter, named 'The Vāstu of Cities and the Like', in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa; chapter 107, 'The Creation of Svāyambhuva'] Agni said: I shall declare the sphere of the worlds and the description of the earth, the continents and so on. Agnīdhra and Agnibāhu, and Vapuṣmān and Dyutimān,
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AgP 107.2
मेधा मेधातिथिर्भव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च(५) :न् १ गृहाणि नगरादिषु इति झ॥ । गृहाणि नगराणि तु इति ख॥ २ विंश एव चेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ अष्टाभिर्विभजेदेवमिति छ॥ ४ ईश्वर उवाचेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ५ सवनः क्षय एव च इति क॥ :प् ३६५ ज्योतिष्मान् दशमस्तेषां सत्यनामा सुतो ऽभवत्
medhā medhātithirbhavyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca(5) :n 1 gṛhāṇi nagarādiṣu iti jha.. / gṛhāṇi nagarāṇi tu iti kha.. 2 viṃśa eva ceti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 aṣṭābhirvibhajedevamiti cha.. 4 īśvara uvāceti kha.. , cha.. ca 5 savanaḥ kṣaya eva ca iti ka.. :p 365 jyotiṣmān daśamasteṣāṃ satyanāmā suto 'bhavat
Medhā, Medhātithi, Bhavya, Savana—and (another) son as well. [apparatus of variant readings, not translated] ... Jyotiṣmān was the tenth of them; and a son named Satya was born.
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AgP 107.3
प्रियब्रतसुताः ख्याताः सप्तद्वीपान्ददौ पिता जम्बुद्वीपमथाग्नीध्रे प्लक्षं मेधातिथेर्ददौ
priyabratasutāḥ khyātāḥ saptadvīpāndadau pitā jambudvīpamathāgnīdhre plakṣaṃ medhātitherdadau
These are known as the sons of Priyavrata; the father gave them the seven continents: Jambūdvīpa to Agnīdhra, and Plakṣa he gave to Medhātithi.
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AgP 107.4
वपुष्मते शाल्मलञ्च ज्योतिष्मते कुशाह्वयं क्रौञ्चद्वीपं द्युतिमते शाकं भव्याय दत्तवान्
vapuṣmate śālmalañca jyotiṣmate kuśāhvayaṃ krauñcadvīpaṃ dyutimate śākaṃ bhavyāya dattavān
Śālmala to Vapuṣmān, the one called Kuśa to Jyotiṣmān, Krauñcadvīpa to Dyutimān, and Śāka he gave to Bhavya.
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AgP 107.5
पुष्करं सवनायादादग्नीध्रे ऽदात् सुते शतं(१) जम्बूद्वीपं पिता लक्षं नाभेर्दत्तं हिमाह्वयं
puṣkaraṃ savanāyādādagnīdhre 'dāt sute śataṃ(1) jambūdvīpaṃ pitā lakṣaṃ nābherdattaṃ himāhvayaṃ
Puṣkara he gave to Savana; to his son Agnīdhra he gave a hundred (thousand?); the father gave Jambūdvīpa, a lakh (in extent), and to Nābhi was given the one called Hima.
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AgP 107.6
हेमकूटं किम्पुरुषे हरिवर्षाय नैषधं इलावृते मेरुमध्ये रम्ये नीलाचलश्रितं(२)
hemakūṭaṃ kimpuruṣe harivarṣāya naiṣadhaṃ ilāvṛte merumadhye ramye nīlācalaśritaṃ(2)
Hemakūṭa to Kimpuruṣa, Naiṣadha to Harivarṣa, and to Ilāvṛta the lovely (land) in the middle of Meru, resting on the Nīla mountain.
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AgP 107.7
हिरण्वते श्वेतवर्षं कुरूंस्तु कुरवे ददौ भद्राश्वाय च भद्राश्वं केतुमालाय पश्चिमं
hiraṇvate śvetavarṣaṃ kurūṃstu kurave dadau bhadrāśvāya ca bhadrāśvaṃ ketumālāya paścimaṃ
To Hiraṇvān the Śveta-varṣa, and the Kuru lands he gave to Kuru; Bhadrāśva to Bhadrāśva, and the western (region) to Ketumāla.
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AgP 107.8
मेरोः प्रियव्रतः पुत्रानभिषिच्य ययौ वनं शालग्रामे तपस्तप्त्वा ययौ विष्णोर्लयं नृपः
meroḥ priyavrataḥ putrānabhiṣicya yayau vanaṃ śālagrāme tapastaptvā yayau viṣṇorlayaṃ nṛpaḥ
Having consecrated his sons on Meru, Priyavrata went to the forest; and having performed austerities at Śālagrāma, the king went to Viṣṇu's abode.
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AgP 107.9
यानि कुम्पुरुषाद्यानि ह्य् अष्टवर्षाणि सत्तम तेषां स्वाभाविकी सिद्धिः सुखप्राया ह्य् अयत्नतः
yāni kumpuruṣādyāni hy aṣṭavarṣāṇi sattama teṣāṃ svābhāvikī siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hy ayatnataḥ
As for those eight varṣas beginning with Kimpuruṣa, O best of the good, in them attainment is natural, largely pleasant, and without effort.
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AgP 107.10
जरामृत्युभयं नास्ति धर्माधर्मौ युगादिकं नाधमं मध्यमन्तुल्या हिमाद्देशात्तु नाभितः(३)
jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti dharmādharmau yugādikaṃ nādhamaṃ madhyamantulyā himāddeśāttu nābhitaḥ(3)
There is no fear of old age or death, no dharma and adharma, no yugas and the like, nothing low or middling—(all is) alike—from the Hima region onward, (beginning) from Nābhi.
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AgP 107.11
ऋषभो मेरुदेव्याञ्च ऋषभाद् भरतो ऽभवत् ऋषभो दत्तश्रीः पुत्रे शालग्रामे हरिङ्गतः
ṛṣabho merudevyāñca ṛṣabhād bharato 'bhavat ṛṣabho dattaśrīḥ putre śālagrāme hariṅgataḥ
And Ṛṣabha (was born) of Merudevī, and from Ṛṣabha came Bharata; Ṛṣabha, having given his fortune to his son, went to Hari at Śālagrāma.
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AgP 107.12
भरताद् भारतं वर्षं भरतात् सुमतिस्त्वभूत्(४) भरतो दत्तलक्ष्मीकः शालग्रामे हरिं गतः
bharatād bhārataṃ varṣaṃ bharatāt sumatistvabhūt(4) bharato dattalakṣmīkaḥ śālagrāme hariṃ gataḥ
From Bharata (comes the name) Bhārata-varṣa, and from Bharata Sumati was born; Bharata, having handed over his fortune, went to Hari at Śālagrāma.
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AgP 107.13
:न् १ सुतेभ्य उ इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ रम्येनीलाचलाश्रियमिति ख॥ , ङ॥ , झ॥ च । रम्यं नीलाचले स्थितमिति घ॥ ३ हिमाद्देशान्तनाभित इति छ॥ ४ सुमतिस्तत इति ग॥ :प् ३६६ स योगी योगप्रस्तावे(१) वक्ष्ये तच्चरितं पुनः सुमतेस्तेजसस्तस्मादिन्द्रद्युम्नो व्यजायत(२)
:n 1 sutebhya u iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 ramyenīlācalāśriyamiti kha.. , ṅa.. , jha.. ca / ramyaṃ nīlācale sthitamiti gha.. 3 himāddeśāntanābhita iti cha.. 4 sumatistata iti ga.. :p 366 sa yogī yogaprastāve(1) vakṣye taccaritaṃ punaḥ sumatestejasastasmādindradyumno vyajāyata(2)
[Footnotes: 1 kha and cha read "sutebhya u"; 2 kha, ṅa and jha read "ramyenīlācalāśriyam", gha reads "ramyaṃ nīlācale sthitam"; 3 cha reads "himāddeśāntanābhitaḥ"; 4 ga reads "sumatistataḥ". Page 366.] He was a yogin; in the section on yoga I shall relate his story again. From that Sumati, who was full of splendour, Indradyumna was born.
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AgP 107.14
परमेष्ठी ततस्तस्मात् प्रतीहारस्तदन्वयः प्रतीहारात् प्रतीहर्ता प्रतिहर्तुर्भुवस्ततः
parameṣṭhī tatastasmāt pratīhārastadanvayaḥ pratīhārāt pratīhartā pratiharturbhuvastataḥ
From him (came) Parameṣṭhin, from him Pratīhāra of that lineage; from Pratīhāra (came) Pratihartṛ, and from Pratihartṛ, Bhū.
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AgP 107.15
उद्गीतोथ च प्रस्तारो विभुः प्रस्तारतः सुतः(३) पृथुश् चैव ततो नक्तो नक्तस्यापि गयः सुतः
udgītotha ca prastāro vibhuḥ prastārataḥ sutaḥ(3) pṛthuś caiva tato nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ
Then Udgīta, and Prastāra; Vibhu was the son of Prastāra, and Pṛthu too; from him (came) Nakta, and Nakta's son was Gaya.
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AgP 107.16
नरो गयस्य तनयः तत्पुत्रो ऽभूद्विराट् ततः तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्यो धीमांस्तस्मादजायत
naro gayasya tanayaḥ tatputro 'bhūdvirāṭ tataḥ tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃstasmādajāyata
Nara was Gaya's son; his son was Virāṭ; from him (came) his son, the greatly valiant one, and from him was born Dhīmat.
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AgP 107.17
महान्तस्तत्सुतश्चाभून्मनस्यस्तस्य चात्मजः त्वष्टा त्वष्टुश् च विरजा(४)रजस्तस्याप्यभूत् सुतः
mahāntastatsutaścābhūnmanasyastasya cātmajaḥ tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuś ca virajā(4)rajastasyāpyabhūt sutaḥ
Mahat was his son, and Manasyu was his son; (then) Tvaṣṭṛ, and from Tvaṣṭṛ, Viraja; and Raja was his son.
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AgP 107.18
सत्यजिद्रजसस्तस्य जज्ञे पुत्रशतं मुने विश्वज्योतिःप्रधानास्ते भारतन्तैर् विवर्धितं
satyajidrajasastasya jajñe putraśataṃ mune viśvajyotiḥpradhānāste bhāratantair vivardhitaṃ
Satyajit (was the son) of that Raja; a hundred sons were born (to him), O sage, chief of whom was Viśvajyotis; by them (the land of) Bhārata was made to prosper.
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AgP 107.19
कृतत्रेतादिसर्गेण सर्गः स्वायम्भुवः स्मृतः
kṛtatretādisargeṇa sargaḥ svāyambhuvaḥ smṛtaḥ
With the creation (of the ages) beginning with Kṛta and Tretā, this is declared to be the creation of Svāyambhuva (Manu).
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