Agni Purana — Chapter 19
AgP 19.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमाहापुराणे आग्नेये जगत्सर्गवर्णनं नाम अष्टादशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {१९} :श् अथोनविंशतितमो ऽध्यायः कश्यपवंशवर्णनम् अग्निर् उवाच कश्यपस्य वेदे सर्गमदित्यादिषु हे मुने चाक्षुषे तुषिता देवास्ते ऽदित्यां कश्यपात्पुनः
:e ity ādimāhāpurāṇe āgneye jagatsargavarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {19} :ś athonaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ kaśyapavaṃśavarṇanam agnir uvāca kaśyapasya vede sargamadityādiṣu he mune cākṣuṣe tuṣitā devāste 'dityāṃ kaśyapātpunaḥ
Thus the eighteenth chapter, called "The Description of the Creation of the World," in the first great Purāṇa, the Āgneya. Chapter 19: The Description of Kaśyapa's Lineage. Agni said: Know the creation of Kaśyapa in Aditi and the others, O sage. In the Cākṣuṣa (manvantara) the gods were the Tuṣitas; they (were born) again of Aditi from Kaśyapa,
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AgP 19.2
आसन् विष्णुश् च शक्रश् च त्वष्टा धाता तथार्यमा पूषा विवस्वान् सविता मित्रोथ वरुणो भगः
āsan viṣṇuś ca śakraś ca tvaṣṭā dhātā tathāryamā pūṣā vivasvān savitā mitrotha varuṇo bhagaḥ
(These) were: Viṣṇu and Śakra, Tvaṣṭṛ, Dhātṛ, and Aryaman, Pūṣan, Vivasvat, Savitṛ, Mitra, then Varuṇa, Bhaga,
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AgP 19.3
अंशुश् च द्वादशादित्या आसन् वैवस्वतेन्तरे अरिष्टनेमिपत्रीनामपत्यानीह षोडश
aṃśuś ca dvādaśādityā āsan vaivasvatentare ariṣṭanemipatrīnāmapatyānīha ṣoḍaśa
and Aṃśu — these were the twelve Ādityas in the Vaivasvata interval. Of Ariṣṭanemi's wives there were here sixteen offspring.
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AgP 19.4
बहुपुत्रस्थ विदुषश् चतस्रो विद्युतः सुताः(२) प्रत्यङ्गिरजाः श्रेष्ठाः कृशाश्वस्य सुरायुधाः
bahuputrastha viduṣaś catasro vidyutaḥ sutāḥ(2) pratyaṅgirajāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kṛśāśvasya surāyudhāḥ
Of Bahuputra, the learned one, the four daughters were the lightnings; the sons of Kṛśāśva, foremost, bearing the gods' weapons, were the pratyaṅgirases.
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AgP 19.5
उदयास्तमने सूर्ये तद्वदेते युगे युगे हिरण्यकशिपुर्दित्यां हिरण्याक्षश् च कश्यपात्
udayāstamane sūrye tadvadete yuge yuge hiraṇyakaśipurdityāṃ hiraṇyākṣaś ca kaśyapāt
At the sun's rising and setting, so too are these, age after age. From Kaśyapa, in Diti, (were born) Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa.
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AgP 19.6
:न् १ सप्तम इति ख ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ स्मृता इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ४७ सिंहिका चाभवत् कन्या विप्रचित्तेः परिग्रहः राहुप्रभृतयस्तस्यां सैंहिकेया इति श्रुताः
:n 1 saptama iti kha ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 smṛtā iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 47 siṃhikā cābhavat kanyā vipracitteḥ parigrahaḥ rāhuprabhṛtayastasyāṃ saiṃhikeyā iti śrutāḥ
And there was a daughter Siṃhikā, taken to wife by Vipracitti; in her (were born) Rāhu and the rest, known as the Saiṃhikeyas.
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AgP 19.7
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्राश् चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः अनुह्रादश् च ह्रादश् च प्रह्रादश्चातिवैष्णवः
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ anuhrādaś ca hrādaś ca prahrādaścātivaiṣṇavaḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu's sons were four, of renowned might: Anuhrāda and Hrāda, and Prahlāda, supremely devoted to Viṣṇu,
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AgP 19.8
संह्रादश् च चतुर्थोभूत् ह्रादपुत्रो ह्रदस् तथा ह्रदस्य पुत्र आयुष्मान्(१) शिबिर्वास्कल एव च
saṃhrādaś ca caturthobhūt hrādaputro hradas tathā hradasya putra āyuṣmān(1) śibirvāskala eva ca
and Saṃhrāda was the fourth; and Hrāda's son was Hrada; Hrada's sons were Āyuṣmat, Śibi, and Vāṣkala.
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AgP 19.9
विरोवनस्तु प्राह्रादिर्बलिर्जज्ञे विरोचनात् बलेः पुत्रशतं त्वासीद्वाणश्रेष्ठं(२) महामुने
virovanastu prāhrādirbalirjajñe virocanāt baleḥ putraśataṃ tvāsīdvāṇaśreṣṭhaṃ(2) mahāmune
But Virocana was Prahlāda's son; from Virocana Bali was born; and Bali had a hundred sons, of whom Bāṇa was the best, O great sage.
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AgP 19.10
पुराकल्पे हि बाणेन प्रसाद्योमापतिं वरः(३) पार्श्वतो विहरिष्यामीत्येवम् प्राप्तश् च ईश्वरात्(४)
purākalpe hi bāṇena prasādyomāpatiṃ varaḥ(3) pārśvato vihariṣyāmītyevam prāptaś ca īśvarāt(4)
For in a former age a boon was obtained from the Lord by Bāṇa, having propitiated Umā's husband, thus: "I shall sport at (your) side."
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AgP 19.11
हिरण्याक्षसुताः पञ्च शम्बरः शकुनिस्त्विति(५) द्विमूर्धा शङ्कुरार्यश् च(६) शतमासन् दनोः सुताः
hiraṇyākṣasutāḥ pañca śambaraḥ śakunistviti(5) dvimūrdhā śaṅkurāryaś ca(6) śatamāsan danoḥ sutāḥ
Hiraṇyākṣa's sons were five: Śambara and Śakuni, Dvimūrdhan, Śaṅku and Ārya; and Danu's sons were a hundred.
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AgP 19.12
स्वर्भानोस्तु प्रभा कन्या पुलोम्नस्तु शची स्मृता उपदानवी हयशिरा शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā pulomnastu śacī smṛtā upadānavī hayaśirā śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
Svarbhānu's daughter was Prabhā, and Puloman's daughter is known as Śacī; Upadānavī and Hayaśiras, and Śarmiṣṭhā the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan;
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AgP 19.13
पुलोमा कालका चैव वैश्वानरसुते उभे कश्यपस्य तु भार्ये द्वे तयोः पुत्राश् च कोटयः
pulomā kālakā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe kaśyapasya tu bhārye dve tayoḥ putrāś ca koṭayaḥ
and Pulomā and Kālakā, both daughters of Vaiśvānara, were two wives of Kaśyapa; and their sons were crores in number.
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AgP 19.14
प्रह्रादस्य चतुष्कोट्यो निवातकवचाः कुले ताम्रायाः षट् सुताः स्युश् च काकी श्वेनी च भास्यपि
prahrādasya catuṣkoṭyo nivātakavacāḥ kule tāmrāyāḥ ṣaṭ sutāḥ syuś ca kākī śvenī ca bhāsyapi
In Prahlāda's line there were four crores of Nivātakavacas. And Tāmrā's daughters were six: Kākī, Śyenī, and Bhāsī,
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AgP 19.15
गृध्रिका शुचि सुग्रीवा(७) ताभ्यः काकादयो ऽभवन् :न् १ संह्रादपुत्र आयुष्मानिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ वाणज्येष्ठमिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ प्रभुमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ४ इत्य् एवं प्राप्तमीश्वरादिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ झर्झरः शकुनिस्त्वतीति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । शक्निस्त्वथेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ६ द्विमूर्धा शम्बराद्याश् च इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ७ गृध्रिका च शुचिग्रीवो इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः गृध्रिकाशुचिसुग्रीवो इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ४८ अश्वाश्चोष्ट्राश् च ताम्राया अरुणो गरुडस् तथा
gṛdhrikā śuci sugrīvā(7) tābhyaḥ kākādayo 'bhavan :n 1 saṃhrādaputra āyuṣmāniti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 vāṇajyeṣṭhamiti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 prabhumiti kha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 4 ity evaṃ prāptamīśvarāditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 jharjharaḥ śakunistvatīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / śaknistvatheti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 dvimūrdhā śambarādyāś ca iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 7 gṛdhrikā ca śucigrīvo iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ gṛdhrikāśucisugrīvo iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 48 aśvāścoṣṭrāś ca tāmrāyā aruṇo garuḍas tathā
Gṛdhrikā, Śuci, and Sugrīvā; from them came crows and the rest — and horses and camels of Tāmrā, and Aruṇa and Garuḍa.
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AgP 19.16
विनतायाः सहस्रन्तु सर्पाश् च सुरसाभवाः काद्रवेयाः सहस्रन्तु शेषवासुकितक्षकाः
vinatāyāḥ sahasrantu sarpāś ca surasābhavāḥ kādraveyāḥ sahasrantu śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ
Of Vinatā (came) a thousand; and the serpents were born of Surasā; and of Kadru's brood a thousand — Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka.
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AgP 19.17
दंष्ट्रिणः क्रोधवशजा धरोत्थाः(१) पक्षिणो जले सुरभ्यां गोमहिष्यादि इरोत्पन्नास्तृणादयः
daṃṣṭriṇaḥ krodhavaśajā dharotthāḥ(1) pakṣiṇo jale surabhyāṃ gomahiṣyādi irotpannāstṛṇādayaḥ
The fanged ones were born of Krodhavaśā; from Dharā (came) the birds in the water; from Surabhi cows, buffaloes and the like; from Irā arose the grasses and the rest.
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AgP 19.18
स्वसायां यक्षरक्षांसि मुनेरश्वरसोभवन् अरिष्टायान्तु गन्धर्वाः कश्यपाद्धि स्थिरञ्चरं(२)
svasāyāṃ yakṣarakṣāṃsi muneraśvarasobhavan ariṣṭāyāntu gandharvāḥ kaśyapāddhi sthirañcaraṃ(2)
From Svasā came the yakṣas and rākṣasas; from the sage('s wife) Aśvarasā (others) were born; from Ariṣṭā the gandharvas — for from Kaśyapa (came) the immovable and the moving.
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AgP 19.19
एषां पुत्रादयो ऽसङ्ख्या देवैर् वै दानवा जिताः(३) दितिर्विनष्टपुत्रा वै तोषयामास कश्यपं
eṣāṃ putrādayo 'saṅkhyā devair vai dānavā jitāḥ(3) ditirvinaṣṭaputrā vai toṣayāmāsa kaśyapaṃ
Of these, the sons and the rest were countless; the dānavas were conquered by the gods. Diti, her sons destroyed, propitiated Kaśyapa,
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AgP 19.20
पुत्रमिन्द्रप्रहर्तारमिच्छती प्राप कश्यपात् पादाप्रक्षालनात् सुप्ता तस्या गर्भं जघान ह
putramindraprahartāramicchatī prāpa kaśyapāt pādāprakṣālanāt suptā tasyā garbhaṃ jaghāna ha
and, desiring a son who would strike Indra, obtained (that boon) from Kaśyapa; (but) while she slept, through her not washing her feet, he (Indra) smashed her embryo,
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AgP 19.21
छिद्रमन्विष्य चेन्द्रस्तु ते देवा मरुतो ऽभवन् शक्रस्यैकोनपञ्चाशत्सहाया दीप्ततेजसः
chidramanviṣya cendrastu te devā maruto 'bhavan śakrasyaikonapañcāśatsahāyā dīptatejasaḥ
Indra having watched for a flaw; and those gods became the Maruts, forty-nine helpers of Śakra, of blazing splendour.
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AgP 19.22
एतत्सर्वं हरिर्ब्रह्मा अभिषिच्य पृथुं नृपं ददौ क्रमेण राज्यानि अन्येषामधिपो हरिः
etatsarvaṃ harirbrahmā abhiṣicya pṛthuṃ nṛpaṃ dadau krameṇa rājyāni anyeṣāmadhipo hariḥ
All this Hari (as) Brahmā, having consecrated Pṛthu as king, gave (to him); in due order Hari, the lord of the others, (assigned) the kingships.
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AgP 19.23
द्विजौषधीनां चन्द्रश् च अपान्तु वरुणो नृपः राज्ञां वैश्रवणो राजा सूर्याणां विष्णोरीश्वरः
dvijauṣadhīnāṃ candraś ca apāntu varuṇo nṛpaḥ rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇo rājā sūryāṇāṃ viṣṇorīśvaraḥ
And Soma (is king) of brahmins and plants, Varuṇa is king of the waters, Vaiśravaṇa is king of kings, Viṣṇu is lord of the suns.
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AgP 19.24
वसूनां पावको राजा मरुतां वासवः प्रभुः प्रजापतीनां दक्षो ऽथ प्रह्लादो दानवाधिपः
vasūnāṃ pāvako rājā marutāṃ vāsavaḥ prabhuḥ prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣo 'tha prahlādo dānavādhipaḥ
Pāvaka (Fire) is king of the Vasus, Vāsava (Indra) is lord of the Maruts, Dakṣa of the Prajāpatis, and Prahlāda is chief of the Dānavas.
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AgP 19.25
पितॄणां च यमो राजा भूतादीनां हरः(४) प्रभुः हिमवांश् चैव शैलानां नदीनां सागरः प्रभुः
pitṝṇāṃ ca yamo rājā bhūtādīnāṃ haraḥ(4) prabhuḥ himavāṃś caiva śailānāṃ nadīnāṃ sāgaraḥ prabhuḥ
And Yama is king of the ancestors, Hara is lord of the spirits and the rest, Himavat (is lord) of the mountains, and the ocean is lord of the rivers.
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AgP 19.26
:न् १ धरण्या इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ कश्यपादि परस्परमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ देवैर् दाइत्याः पराजिता इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ भूतानाञ्च हर इति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ४९ गान्धर्वाणां चित्ररथो नागानामथ वासुकिः सर्पाणां तक्षको राजा गरुडः पक्षिणामथ
:n 1 dharaṇyā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 kaśyapādi parasparamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 devair dāityāḥ parājitā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 bhūtānāñca hara iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 49 gāndharvāṇāṃ citraratho nāgānāmatha vāsukiḥ sarpāṇāṃ takṣako rājā garuḍaḥ pakṣiṇāmatha
[Editorial notes: 1 'dharaṇyāḥ' is the reading of the marked manuscript kha; 2 'kaśyapādi parasparam' is the reading of the marked manuscript kha; 3 'devair dāityāḥ parājitāḥ' is the reading of the marked manuscript kha; 4 'bhūtānāñ ca haraḥ' is the reading of the two marked manuscripts ga and ṅa. Page 49] Citraratha (is lord) of the Gandharvas, and Vāsuki of the Nāgas; Takṣaka is king of the serpents, and Garuḍa of the birds.
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AgP 19.27
ऐरावतो गजेन्द्राणां गोवृषोथ गवामपि मृगणामथ शार्दूलः प्लक्षो वनस्पतीश्वरः
airāvato gajendrāṇāṃ govṛṣotha gavāmapi mṛgaṇāmatha śārdūlaḥ plakṣo vanaspatīśvaraḥ
Airāvata (is lord) of the great elephants, and the bull of cattle; the tiger of wild beasts, and the plakṣa tree is lord of the forest trees.
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AgP 19.28
उच्चैःश्रवास् तथाश्वानां सुधन्वा पूर्वपालकः दक्षिणस्यां शङ्खपदः केतुमान् पालको जले हिरण्यरोमकः सौम्ये प्रतिसर्गोयमीरितः
uccaiḥśravās tathāśvānāṃ sudhanvā pūrvapālakaḥ dakṣiṇasyāṃ śaṅkhapadaḥ ketumān pālako jale hiraṇyaromakaḥ saumye pratisargoyamīritaḥ
And Uccaiḥśravas (is lord) of horses. Sudhanvan is the guardian of the east, Śaṅkhapada in the south, Ketumat is guardian over the waters, Hiraṇyaromaka in the north. This re-creation has been declared.
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