Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 54

GaP 1 54.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५४ हरिरुवाच । अग्नीध्रश्चाग्निबाहुश्च बपुष्मान्ध्युतिमांस्तथा । मेधामेधातिथिर्भव्यः शबलः पुत्र एव च

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 54 hariruvāca / agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca bapuṣmāndhyutimāṃstathā / medhāmedhātithirbhavyaḥ śabalaḥ putra eva ca

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 54. Hari said: Agnīdhra and Agnibāhu, and Vapuṣmān and Dyutimān, Medhā, Medhātithi, Bhavya, Śabala, and Putra as well.

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GaP 1 54.2

ज्योतिष्मान्दशमो जातः पुत्रा ह्येते प्रियव्रतात् । मेधाग्निबाहुपुत्रास्तु त्रयो योगपरायणाः

jyotiṣmāndaśamo jātaḥ putrā hyete priyavratāt / medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ

Jyotiṣmān was born tenth — these indeed are the sons of Priyavrata. But three, the sons Medhā, Agnibāhu (and one more), were devoted to yoga.

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GaP 1 54.3

जातिस्मरा महाभागा नैराज्याय ममो दषुः । विभज्य सप्त द्वीपानि सप्तानां प्रददौ नृपः

jātismarā mahābhāgā nairājyāya mamo daṣuḥ / vibhajya sapta dvīpāni saptānāṃ pradadau nṛpaḥ

Remembering their former births, greatly fortunate, they gave (themselves) up to be without kingship; and the king, dividing the seven continents, gave them to the seven (remaining sons).

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GaP 1 54.4

योजनानां प्रमाणेन पञ्चाशत्कोटिराप्लुता । जलोपरि मही याता मौरिवास्ते सरिज्जले

yojanānāṃ pramāṇena pañcāśatkoṭirāplutā / jalopari mahī yātā maurivāste sarijjale

By the measure of yojanas, fifty crores (of it) is flooded over; the earth, having risen above the water, rests like a boat on the water of a river.

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GaP 1 54.5

जम्बूप्लक्षाह्वयौ द्वीपौ शाल्मलश्चापरो हर । कुशः क्रौञ्चस्तथा शाकः पुष्करश्चैव सप्तमः

jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmalaścāparo hara / kuśaḥ krauñcastathā śākaḥ puṣkaraścaiva saptamaḥ

The two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and next Śālmala, O Hara; Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara as the seventh.

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GaP 1 54.6

एते द्वीपाः समुद्रैस्तु सप्त सप्तभिरावृताः । लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर्दाधिदुग्धजलैः समम्

ete dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ / lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdādhidugdhajalaiḥ samam

These seven continents are encircled by seven oceans alike — of salt, sugarcane juice, liquor, ghee, curds, milk and water.

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GaP 1 54.7

द्वीपात्तु द्विगुणो द्वीपः समुद्रश्च वृषध्वज । जम्बूद्वीपे स्थितो मेरुर्लक्षयोजनविस्तृतः

dvīpāttu dviguṇo dvīpaḥ samudraśca vṛṣadhvaja / jambūdvīpe sthito merurlakṣayojanavistṛtaḥ

Each continent, and each ocean, is twice the (preceding) continent, O you whose banner is the bull. On Jambūdvīpa stands Meru, a hundred thousand yojanas broad.

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GaP 1 54.8

चतुरशीतिसाहस्रैर्योजनैरस्य चोच्छ्रयः । प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्द्वत्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः

caturaśītisāhasrairyojanairasya cocchrayaḥ / praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvatriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ

And its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas; it is sunk sixteen thousand below, and is thirty-two thousand broad at its summit.

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GaP 1 54.9

अधः षोडशसाहस्रः कर्णिकाकारसंस्यितः । हिमवान्हेमकूटश्च निषधश्चास्य दक्षिणे

adhaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraḥ karṇikākārasaṃsyitaḥ / himavānhemakūṭaśca niṣadhaścāsya dakṣiṇe

Below it is sixteen thousand, standing in the shape of a lotus-pericarp. Himavān and Hemakūṭa and Niṣadha are on its south.

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GaP 1 54.10

नीलः श्वेतश्च शृङ्गी च उत्तरे वर्षपर्वताः । प्लक्षादिषु नरा रुद्र ये वसन्ति सनातनाः

nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ / plakṣādiṣu narā rudra ye vasanti sanātanāḥ

Nīla and Śveta and Śṛṅgī are the boundary mountains on the north. The men who dwell in Plakṣa and the other continents, O Rudra, are everlasting.

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GaP 1 54.11

शङ्कराथ न तेष्वस्ति युगावस्था कथञ्चन । जम्बूद्वीपेश्वरात्पुत्रा ह्यग्रीध्नादभवन्नव

śaṅkarātha na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kathañcana / jambūdvīpeśvarātputrā hyagrīdhnādabhavannava

O Śaṅkara, among them there is no condition of the yugas in any way. From Agnīdhra, the lord of Jambūdvīpa, nine sons were born.

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GaP 1 54.12

नाभिः किंपुरुषश्चैव हरिवर्षमिला वृतः । रम्यो हिरण्मयाख्यश्च कुरुर्भद्राश्व एव च

nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaścaiva harivarṣamilā vṛtaḥ / ramyo hiraṇmayākhyaśca kururbhadrāśva eva ca

Nābhi and Kiṃpuruṣa, Harivarṣa and Ilāvṛta, Ramya and the one named Hiraṇmaya, and Kuru and Bhadrāśva,

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GaP 1 54.13

केतुमालो नृपस्तेभ्यस्तत्संज्ञान् खण्डकान्ददौ । नाभेस्तु मेरुदेव्यां तु पुत्रो ऽभूदृषभो हर

ketumālo nṛpastebhyastatsaṃjñān khaṇḍakāndadau / nābhestu merudevyāṃ tu putro 'bhūdṛṣabho hara

and king Ketumāla — to them he gave the sections (of the land) named after them. And to Nābhi, by Merudevī, a son Ṛṣabha was born, O Hara.

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GaP 1 54.14

तत्पुत्रो भरतो नाम शालग्रामे स्थितो व्रती । सुमतिर्भरतस्याभूत्तत्पुत्रस्तैजसो ऽभवत्

tatputro bharato nāma śālagrāme sthito vratī / sumatirbharatasyābhūttatputrastaijaso 'bhavat

His son was named Bharata, who dwelt at Śālagrāma keeping vows. Bharata's son was Sumati, and his son was Taijasa.

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GaP 1 54.15

इन्द्रद्युम्नश्च तत्पुत्रः परमेष्ठी ततः स्मृतः । प्रतीहारश्चतत्पुत्रः प्रतिहर्ता तदात्मजः

indradyumnaśca tatputraḥ parameṣṭhī tataḥ smṛtaḥ / pratīhāraścatatputraḥ pratihartā tadātmajaḥ

And his son was Indradyumna; from him Parameṣṭhin is recorded; his son was Pratīhāra, and his son Pratihartā.

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GaP 1 54.16

सुतस्तस्मादथै जातः प्रस्तारस्तत्सुतो विभुः । पृथुश्च तत्सुतो नक्तो नक्तस्यापि गयः स्मृतः

sutastasmādathai jātaḥ prastārastatsuto vibhuḥ / pṛthuśca tatsuto nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ smṛtaḥ

From him a son was born; his son was Prastāra, (and his son) Vibhu; and his son was Pṛthu, (whose son was) Nakta, and Nakta's son is recorded as Gaya.

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GaP 1 54.17

नरो गयस्य तनयस्तत्पुत्रोभुद्विराडगतः । ततो धीमान्महातेजा भौवनस्तस्य चात्मजः

naro gayasya tanayastatputrobhudvirāḍagataḥ / tato dhīmānmahātejā bhauvanastasya cātmajaḥ

Nara was Gaya's son, and his son was Virāṭ; from him (came) the wise, greatly splendid Bhauvana as his son.

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GaP 1 54.18

त्वष्टा त्वष्टुश्च विरजा रजस्तस्याप्यभूत्सुतः । शतजिद्रजसस्तस्य विष्वग्ज्योतिः सुतः स्मृतः

tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuśca virajā rajastasyāpyabhūtsutaḥ / śatajidrajasastasya viṣvagjyotiḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

Tvaṣṭā (was his son), and Tvaṣṭā's (son was) Virajā; his son too was Rajas; Rajas's (son was) Śatajit, and his son is said to be Viṣvagjyotiḥ.

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