Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 4

DB 8 4.1

भुवनकोशविषये प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यासीज्ज्येष्ठः पुत्रः प्रियव्रतः । पितुः सेवापरो नित्यं सत्यधर्मपरायणः

bhuvanakośaviṣaye priyavratavaṃśavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca manoḥ svāyambhuvasyāsījjyeṣṭhaḥ putraḥ priyavrataḥ | pituḥ sevāparo nityaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ

On the subject of the sphere of the worlds: the account of Priyavrata's lineage. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Svāyambhuva Manu's eldest son was Priyavrata, ever devoted to the service of his father, intent upon truth and dharma.

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DB 8 4.2

प्रजापतेर्दुहितरं सुरूपां विश्वकर्मणः । बर्हिष्मतीं चोपयेमे समानां शीलकर्मभिः

prajāpaterduhitaraṃ surūpāṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ | barhiṣmatīṃ copayeme samānāṃ śīlakarmabhiḥ

And he married Barhiṣmatī, the beautiful daughter of Viśvakarman the Prajāpati, his equal in character and deeds.

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DB 8 4.3

तस्यां पुत्रान्दश गुणैरन्वितान्भावितात्मनः । जनयामास कन्यां चोर्जस्वतीं च यवीयसीम्

tasyāṃ putrāndaśa guṇairanvitānbhāvitātmanaḥ | janayāmāsa kanyāṃ corjasvatīṃ ca yavīyasīm

In her he begot ten sons endowed with (good) qualities, of disciplined minds, and a daughter, Ūrjasvatī, the youngest.

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DB 8 4.4

आग्नीध्रश्चेध्मजिह्वश्च यज्ञबाहुस्तृतीयकः । महावीरश्चतुर्थस्तु पञ्चमो रुक्मशुक्रकः भुवनकोशविषये प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थेऽध्यायः

āgnīdhraścedhmajihvaśca yajñabāhustṛtīyakaḥ | mahāvīraścaturthastu pañcamo rukmaśukrakaḥ bhuvanakośaviṣaye priyavratavaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāma caturthe'dhyāyaḥ

Āgnīdhra and Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu the third, Mahāvīra the fourth, and the fifth Rukmaśukra. [Here ends] the fourth chapter, named "The Account of Priyavrata's Lineage," on the subject of the sphere of the worlds.

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DB 8 4.5

घृतपृष्ठश्च सवनो मेधातिथिरथाष्टमः । वीतिहोत्रः कविश्चेति दशैते वह्निनामकाः

ghṛtapṛṣṭhaśca savano medhātithirathāṣṭamaḥ | vītihotraḥ kaviśceti daśaite vahnināmakāḥ

And Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Savana, then Medhātithi the eighth, Vītihotra and Kavi — these ten bear the names of fire.

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DB 8 4.6

एतेषां दशपुत्राणां त्रयोऽप्यासन्विरागिणः । कविश्च सवनश्चैव महावीर इति त्रयः

eteṣāṃ daśaputrāṇāṃ trayo'pyāsanvirāgiṇaḥ | kaviśca savanaścaiva mahāvīra iti trayaḥ

Of these ten sons three indeed were free from passion: Kavi, Savana, and Mahāvīra — these three.

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DB 8 4.7

आत्मविद्यापरिष्णाताः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः । आश्रमे परहंसाख्ये निःस्पृहा ह्यभवन्मुदाः

ātmavidyāpariṣṇātāḥ sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ | āśrame parahaṃsākhye niḥspṛhā hyabhavanmudāḥ

All of them, fully versed in the knowledge of the Self, were indeed continent (lit. upward-flowing in seed), and in the stage of life called Paramahaṃsa they became free of longing and joyful.

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DB 8 4.8

अपरस्यां च जायायां त्रयः पुत्राश्च जज्ञिरे । उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चेति विश्रुताः

aparasyāṃ ca jāyāyāṃ trayaḥ putrāśca jajñire | uttamastāmasaścaiva raivataśceti viśrutāḥ

And in another wife three sons were born, renowned as Uttama, Tāmasa, and Raivata.

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DB 8 4.9

मन्वन्तराधिपतय एते पुत्रा महौजसः । प्रियव्रतः स राजेन्द्रो बुभुजे जगतीमिमाम्

manvantarādhipataya ete putrā mahaujasaḥ | priyavrataḥ sa rājendro bubhuje jagatīmimām

These sons of great vigour were the lords of Manvantaras. That Priyavrata, chief of kings, enjoyed this earth

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DB 8 4.10

एकादशार्बुदाब्दानामव्याहतबलेन्द्रियः । यदा सूर्यः पृथिव्याश्च विभागे प्रथमेऽतपत्

ekādaśārbudābdānāmavyāhatabalendriyaḥ | yadā sūryaḥ pṛthivyāśca vibhāge prathame'tapat

for eleven arbudas of years, his strength and senses unimpaired — when the sun shone upon the first portion of the earth,

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DB 8 4.11

भागे द्वितीये तत्रासीदन्धकारोदयः किल । एवं व्यतिकरं राजा विलोक्य मनसा चिरम्

bhāge dvitīye tatrāsīdandhakārodayaḥ kila | evaṃ vyatikaraṃ rājā vilokya manasā ciram

there was, in the second portion, the rising of darkness. Seeing such an irregularity, the king (pondered) long in his mind:

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DB 8 4.12

प्रशास्ति मयि भूम्यां च तमः प्रादुर्भवेत्कथम् । एवं निवारयिष्यामि भूमौ योगबलेन च

praśāsti mayi bhūmyāṃ ca tamaḥ prādurbhavetkatham | evaṃ nivārayiṣyāmi bhūmau yogabalena ca

"While I rule over the earth, how should darkness appear? Thus I shall ward it off from the earth by the power of yoga."

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DB 8 4.13

एवं व्यवसितो राजा पुत्रः स्वायम्भुवस्य सः । रथेनादित्यवर्णेन सप्तकृत्वः प्रकाशयन्

evaṃ vyavasito rājā putraḥ svāyambhuvasya saḥ | rathenādityavarṇena saptakṛtvaḥ prakāśayan

Thus resolved, that king, the son of Svāyambhuva (Manu), with his sun-coloured chariot, illuminating (the earth) seven times (circled it).

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DB 8 4.14

तस्यापि गच्छतो राज्ञो भूमौ यद्रथनेमयः । पतितास्ते समुद्राख्यां भेजिरे लोकहेतवे

tasyāpi gacchato rājño bhūmau yadrathanemayaḥ | patitāste samudrākhyāṃ bhejire lokahetave

And as that king went over the earth, the rims of his chariot (made furrows); those, fallen (there), took on the name of oceans, for the sake of the world.

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DB 8 4.15

जाताः प्रदेशास्ते सप्त द्वीपा भूमौ विभागशः । रथनेमिसमुत्थास्ते परिखाः सप्त सिन्धवः

jātāḥ pradeśāste sapta dvīpā bhūmau vibhāgaśaḥ | rathanemisamutthāste parikhāḥ sapta sindhavaḥ

Those regions became the seven continents on the earth, division by division; and those (channels) arisen from the chariot-rims (became) the seven seas, as moats.

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DB 8 4.16

यत आसंस्ततः सप्त भुवो द्वीपा हि ते स्मृताः । जम्बुद्वीपः प्लक्षद्वीपः शाल्मलीद्वीपसंज्ञकः

yata āsaṃstataḥ sapta bhuvo dvīpā hi te smṛtāḥ | jambudvīpaḥ plakṣadvīpaḥ śālmalīdvīpasaṃjñakaḥ

Since they came to be from that (chariot's course), they are remembered as the seven continents of the earth: Jambudvīpa, Plakṣadvīpa, the one named Śālmalīdvīpa,

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DB 8 4.17

कुशद्वीपः क्रौञ्चद्वीपः शाकद्वीपश्च पुष्करः । तेषां च परिमाणं तु द्विगुणं चोत्तरोत्तरम्

kuśadvīpaḥ krauñcadvīpaḥ śākadvīpaśca puṣkaraḥ | teṣāṃ ca parimāṇaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ cottarottaram

Kuśadvīpa, Krauñcadvīpa, Śākadvīpa, and Puṣkara; and their measure is double, each successive one (twice the previous).

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DB 8 4.18

समन्ततश्चोपक्लृप्तं बहिर्भागक्रमेण च । क्षारोदेक्षुरसोदौ च सुरोदश्च घृतोदकः

samantataścopaklṛptaṃ bahirbhāgakrameṇa ca | kṣārodekṣurasodau ca surodaśca ghṛtodakaḥ

And (the seas) are arranged all around, in order of the outer portions: the sea of salt water and the sea of sugarcane juice, the sea of liquor and the sea of ghee,

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DB 8 4.19

क्षीरोदो दधिमण्डोदः शुद्धोदश्चेति ते स्मृताः । सप्तैते प्रतिविख्याताः पृथिव्यां सिन्धवस्तदा

kṣīrodo dadhimaṇḍodaḥ śuddhodaśceti te smṛtāḥ | saptaite prativikhyātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ sindhavastadā

the sea of milk, the sea of curd-whey, and the sea of pure water — thus are they remembered; these seven were then renowned on the earth as the seas.

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DB 8 4.20

प्रथमो जम्बुद्वीपाख्यो यः क्षारोदेन वेष्टितः । तत्पतिं विदधे राजा पुत्रमाग्नीध्रसंज्ञकम्

prathamo jambudvīpākhyo yaḥ kṣārodena veṣṭitaḥ | tatpatiṃ vidadhe rājā putramāgnīdhrasaṃjñakam

The first is called Jambudvīpa, which is encircled by the salt-water sea; the king appointed as its lord his son named Āgnīdhra.

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DB 8 4.21

प्लक्षद्वीपे द्वितीयेऽस्मिन्द्वीपेक्षुरससंप्लुते । जातस्तदधिपः प्रैयव्रत इध्मादिजिह्वकः

plakṣadvīpe dvitīye'smindvīpekṣurasasaṃplute | jātastadadhipaḥ praiyavrata idhmādijihvakaḥ

On this second continent, Plakṣadvīpa, flooded by the sugarcane-juice sea, Idhmajihva, son of Priyavrata, was born as its ruler.

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DB 8 4.22

शाल्मलीद्वीप एतस्मिन्सुरोदधिपरिप्लुते । यज्ञबाहुं तदधिपं करोति स्म प्रियव्रतः

śālmalīdvīpa etasminsurodadhipariplute | yajñabāhuṃ tadadhipaṃ karoti sma priyavrataḥ

On this Śālmalīdvīpa, surrounded by the sea of liquor, Priyavrata made Yajñabāhu its lord.

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DB 8 4.23

कुशद्वीपेऽतिरम्ये च घृतोदेनोपवेष्टिते । हिरण्यरेता राजाभूत्प्रियव्रततनूजनिः

kuśadvīpe'tiramye ca ghṛtodenopaveṣṭite | hiraṇyaretā rājābhūtpriyavratatanūjaniḥ

And on Kuśadvīpa, exceedingly delightful, encircled by the sea of ghee, Hiraṇyaretas, born of Priyavrata's body, became king.

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DB 8 4.24

क्रौञ्चद्वीपे पञ्चमे तु क्षीरोदपरिसंप्लुते । प्रैयव्रतो घृतपृष्ठः पतिरासीन्महाबलः

krauñcadvīpe pañcame tu kṣīrodaparisaṃplute | praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭhaḥ patirāsīnmahābalaḥ

But on the fifth, Krauñcadvīpa, flooded all around by the milk sea, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, son of Priyavrata, of great strength, was the lord.

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DB 8 4.25

शाकद्वीपे चारुतरे दधिमण्डोदसंकुले । मेधातिथिरभूद्राजा प्रियव्रतसुतो वरः

śākadvīpe cārutare dadhimaṇḍodasaṃkule | medhātithirabhūdrājā priyavratasuto varaḥ

On Śākadvīpa, more lovely still, filled with the curd-whey sea, Medhātithi, the excellent son of Priyavrata, became king.

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DB 8 4.26

पुष्करद्वीपके शुद्धोदकसिन्धुसमाकुले । वीतिहोत्रो बभूवासौ राजा जनकसम्मतः

puṣkaradvīpake śuddhodakasindhusamākule | vītihotro babhūvāsau rājā janakasammataḥ

On the little continent Puṣkara, encompassed by the sea of pure water, that Vītihotra, approved by his father, became king.

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DB 8 4.27

कन्यामूर्जस्वतीनाम्नीं ददावुशनसे विभुः । आसीत्तस्यां देवयानी कन्या काव्यस्य विश्रुता

kanyāmūrjasvatīnāmnīṃ dadāvuśanase vibhuḥ | āsīttasyāṃ devayānī kanyā kāvyasya viśrutā

The lord gave his daughter named Ūrjasvatī to Uśanas; from her was born Devayānī, the famed daughter of Kāvya (Uśanas).

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DB 8 4.28

एवं विभज्य पुत्रेभ्यः सप्तद्वीपान् प्रियव्रतः । विवेकवशगो भूत्वा योगमार्गाश्रितोऽभवत्

evaṃ vibhajya putrebhyaḥ saptadvīpān priyavrataḥ | vivekavaśago bhūtvā yogamārgāśrito'bhavat

Having thus apportioned the seven continents to his sons, Priyavrata, coming under the sway of discrimination, took to the path of yoga.

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