Kalika Purana — Chapter 26
KaP 26.1
कालिकापुराणम् षड्विंशोऽध्यायः सृष्टि कथनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २६ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। वाराहोयं श्रुतः सर्गों वराहाधिष्ठितो यतः । प्रतिसर्गः श्रुतः सर्वैर्दक्षाद्यैर्यः कृतः पृथक्
kālikāpurāṇam ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ sṛṣṭi kathanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 26 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || vārāhoyaṃ śrutaḥ sargoṃ varāhādhiṣṭhito yataḥ | pratisargaḥ śrutaḥ sarvairdakṣādyairyaḥ kṛtaḥ pṛthak
Kālikāpurāṇa, twenty-sixth chapter: the telling of creation. Mārkaṇḍeya said: This Vārāha creation has been heard, since it was presided over by the Boar; and the secondary creation has been heard, which was made separately by all of them, Dakṣa and the rest.
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KaP 26.2
रुद्रो विराणमनुर्दक्षो मरीच्याद्यास्तु मानसाः । यं यं सर्गं पृथक् चक्रुः प्रतिसर्गश्च स स्मृतः
rudro virāṇamanurdakṣo marīcyādyāstu mānasāḥ | yaṃ yaṃ sargaṃ pṛthak cakruḥ pratisargaśca sa smṛtaḥ
Rudra, Virāj, Manu, Dakṣa, and the mind-born ones beginning with Marīci — whatever creation they made separately, that is called the secondary creation.
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KaP 26.3
विराट् सुतोऽसृजद्वंश्यान्मनून् यैर्विततं जगत् । मनुः सप्त मनून् सृष्ट्वा चकार बहुशः प्रजाः
virāṭ suto'sṛjadvaṃśyānmanūn yairvitataṃ jagat | manuḥ sapta manūn sṛṣṭvā cakāra bahuśaḥ prajāḥ
Virāj's son created the Manus of his line, by whom the world was extended; and Manu, having created seven Manus, made creatures in abundance.
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KaP 26.4
प्रजाः सिसृक्षुः स मनुर्योऽसौ स्वायम्भुवाह्वयः । असृजत् प्रथमं षड् वै मनून् सोऽथ परान् सुतान्
prajāḥ sisṛkṣuḥ sa manuryo'sau svāyambhuvāhvayaḥ | asṛjat prathamaṃ ṣaḍ vai manūn so'tha parān sutān
That Manu named Svāyambhuva, desiring to create creatures, first created six Manus, and then other sons.
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KaP 26.5
स्वारोचिषश्चत्तमिश्च तामसो रैवतस्तथा । चाक्षुषश्च महातेजा विवस्वानपरस्तथा
svārociṣaścattamiśca tāmaso raivatastathā | cākṣuṣaśca mahātejā vivasvānaparastathā
Svārociṣa, and Uttama, and Tāmasa, and Raivata likewise, and Cākṣuṣa of great splendour, and Vivasvān as another.
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KaP 26.6
यक्षरक्षः पिशाचांश्च नागगन्धर्वकिन्नरान् । विद्याधरानप्सरसः सिद्धान् भूतगणान् बहून्
yakṣarakṣaḥ piśācāṃśca nāgagandharvakinnarān | vidyādharānapsarasaḥ siddhān bhūtagaṇān bahūn
Yakṣas, rākṣasas and piśācas, and nāgas, gandharvas and kinnaras, vidyādharas, apsarases, siddhas, and many hosts of spirits;
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KaP 26.7
मेघान् सविद्युतो वृक्षान् लतागुल्मतृणादिकान् । मत्स्यान् पशूंश्च कीटांश्च जलजान् स्थलजांस्तथा
meghān savidyuto vṛkṣān latāgulmatṛṇādikān | matsyān paśūṃśca kīṭāṃśca jalajān sthalajāṃstathā
clouds with lightning, trees, creepers, bushes, grasses and the like, fish and cattle and insects, water-born and land-born (creatures) too.
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KaP 26.8
एतादृशानि सर्वाणि मनुः स्वायम्भुवः सुतैः । सहितः ससृजे सोन्यः प्रतिसर्गः प्रकीर्तितः
etādṛśāni sarvāṇi manuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ sutaiḥ | sahitaḥ sasṛje sonyaḥ pratisargaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
All such things Manu Svāyambhuva, together with his sons, created; that is proclaimed as another secondary creation.
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KaP 26.9
अन्ये षण्मनवो ये वै तेऽपि स्वे स्वेऽन्तरेऽन्तरे । प्रतिसर्गं स्वयं कृत्वा प्राप्नुवन्ति चराचरम्
anye ṣaṇmanavo ye vai te'pi sve sve'ntare'ntare | pratisargaṃ svayaṃ kṛtvā prāpnuvanti carācaram
And those other six Manus too, each in his own interval, having themselves made a secondary creation, obtain the moving and unmoving (world).
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KaP 26.10
यज्ञस्य सम्भूतं यज्ञं यूपं प्राग्वंशमेव च । धर्माधर्मे गुणान् सर्वान् वराह इव सृष्टवान्
yajñasya sambhūtaṃ yajñaṃ yūpaṃ prāgvaṃśameva ca | dharmādharme guṇān sarvān varāha iva sṛṣṭavān
The Boar likewise created what arises from sacrifice: the sacrifice, the sacrificial post, and the prāgvaṃśa (front hall), righteousness and unrighteousness, and all the qualities.
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KaP 26.11
सुतान् बहून् समुत्पाद्य दक्षो देवर्षिसत्तमान् । महर्षीन् सोमपादींश्च बहून् पितृगणांस्तथा । सृष्टिं प्रवर्त्तयामास प्रतिसर्गोऽस्य सः स्मृतः
sutān bahūn samutpādya dakṣo devarṣisattamān | maharṣīn somapādīṃśca bahūn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā | sṛṣṭiṃ pravarttayāmāsa pratisargo'sya saḥ smṛtaḥ
Having begotten many sons, the best of divine seers, and great seers, and the soma-drinkers and the like, and many hosts of ancestors, Dakṣa set creation going; that is called his secondary creation.
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KaP 26.12
अजायन्त मुखाद्विप्राः क्षत्रिया बाहुयुग्मतः
ajāyanta mukhādviprāḥ kṣatriyā bāhuyugmataḥ
From (his) mouth the brahmins were born, the kshatriyas from the pair of arms,
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KaP 26.13
ऊर्वोवैश्याः पदोः शूद्राश्चतुर्वेदाश्चतुर्मुखात् । ब्रह्मण: प्रतिसर्गोऽयं ब्राह्मः सर्गः स्मृतस्ततः
ūrvovaiśyāḥ padoḥ śūdrāścaturvedāścaturmukhāt | brahmaṇa: pratisargo'yaṃ brāhmaḥ sargaḥ smṛtastataḥ
the vaishyas from the thighs, the shudras from the feet, and the four Vedas from the four faces of Brahmā. This is the secondary creation (pratisarga); hence it is called the Brahmā-creation.
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KaP 26.14
मरीचेः कश्यपो जातः कश्यपात् सकलं जगत् । देवा दैत्या दानवाश्च तस्य सर्गः प्रकीर्तितः
marīceḥ kaśyapo jātaḥ kaśyapāt sakalaṃ jagat | devā daityā dānavāśca tasya sargaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
From Marīci was born Kaśyapa, and from Kaśyapa the entire world; the gods, the daityas and the dānavas — that is declared to be his creation.
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KaP 26.15
अत्रेनेंत्रादभूच्चन्द्रश्चन्द्रवंशस्ततोऽभवत् । तेन व्याप्तं जगत् सर्वं सोऽस्य सर्गः प्रकीर्तितः
atreneṃtrādabhūccandraścandravaṃśastato'bhavat | tena vyāptaṃ jagat sarvaṃ so'sya sargaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
From Atri, from his eye, came the moon, and from the moon arose the lunar dynasty; the whole world is filled with it — that is declared to be his creation.
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KaP 26.16
अथर्वांगिरसाः पुत्राः पौत्राश्च बहुशोऽपरे । मन्त्रयन्त्रादयो ये वै ते सर्वेऽङ्गिरसः स्मृताः
atharvāṃgirasāḥ putrāḥ pautrāśca bahuśo'pare | mantrayantrādayo ye vai te sarve'ṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ
Atharvan and Aṅgiras (were his) sons, and many other grandsons besides; those which are mantras, yantras and the like — all these are held to belong to Aṅgiras.
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KaP 26.17
आज्यपाख्याः पुलस्त्यस्य पुत्राश्चान्ये च राक्षसाः । प्रतिसर्गः पुलस्त्यस्य बलवेगसमन्विताः
ājyapākhyāḥ pulastyasya putrāścānye ca rākṣasāḥ | pratisargaḥ pulastyasya balavegasamanvitāḥ
Those called Ājyapas were Pulastya's sons, and other rākṣasas as well, endowed with strength and speed: (this is) the secondary creation of Pulastya.
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KaP 26.18
काद्रवेया गजा अश्वाः प्रजा बहुतरास्तथा । ससृजे पुलहेनैष सर्गस्तस्य प्रकीर्तितः
kādraveyā gajā aśvāḥ prajā bahutarāstathā | sasṛje pulahenaiṣa sargastasya prakīrtitaḥ
The offspring of Kadru (serpents), elephants, horses, and yet more numerous creatures — these Pulaha brought forth; that is declared to be his creation.
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KaP 26.19
क्रतोः पुत्राः बालखिल्याः सर्वज्ञा भूरितेजसः । अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ज्वलद्भास्करसन्निभाः
kratoḥ putrāḥ bālakhilyāḥ sarvajñā bhūritejasaḥ | aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi jvaladbhāskarasannibhāḥ
Kratu's sons were the Bālakhilyas, all-knowing, of abundant splendour, eighty-eight thousand of them, resembling the blazing sun.
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KaP 26.20
प्रचेतसः सुताः सर्वे ये वै प्राचेतसाः स्मृताः । षडशीतिसहस्राणि पावकोपमतेजसः
pracetasaḥ sutāḥ sarve ye vai prācetasāḥ smṛtāḥ | ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi pāvakopamatejasaḥ
All the sons of Pracetas are indeed known as the Prācetasas, eighty-six thousand, with splendour like fire.
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KaP 26.21
सुकालिनो वसिष्ठस्य पुत्राश्चान्ये च योगिनः । आरुन्धतेयाः पञ्चाशद्वासिष्ठः सर्ग उच्यते
sukālino vasiṣṭhasya putrāścānye ca yoginaḥ | ārundhateyāḥ pañcāśadvāsiṣṭhaḥ sarga ucyate
The Sukālins were Vasiṣṭha's sons, and others were yogins; the sons of Arundhatī were fifty — this is called the creation of Vasiṣṭha.
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KaP 26.22
भृगोश्च भार्गवा जाता ये वै दैत्यपुरोधसः । कवयस्ते महाप्राज्ञास्तैर्व्याप्तमखिलं जगत्
bhṛgośca bhārgavā jātā ye vai daityapurodhasaḥ | kavayaste mahāprājñāstairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat
From Bhṛgu were born the Bhārgavas, who are the priests of the daityas; they are sages of great wisdom, and by them the whole world is pervaded.
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KaP 26.23
नारदात्तारका जाता विमानानि तथैव च । प्रश्नोत्तरास्तथैवान्ये नृत्यगीतं च कौतुकम्
nāradāttārakā jātā vimānāni tathaiva ca | praśnottarāstathaivānye nṛtyagītaṃ ca kautukam
From Nārada were born the stars and likewise the aerial cars, and also questions and answers, dance, song, and amusement.
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KaP 26.24
एते दक्षमरीच्याद्याः कृतदारान् बहून् सुतान् । उत्पाद्योत्पाद्य पृथिवीं दिवं च समपूरयन्
ete dakṣamarīcyādyāḥ kṛtadārān bahūn sutān | utpādyotpādya pṛthivīṃ divaṃ ca samapūrayan
These, Dakṣa, Marīci and the rest, having taken wives, begetting many sons again and again, filled the earth and the sky.
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KaP 26.25
तेषां सुतेभ्यश्च सुतास्तत्पुत्रेभ्यः परे सुताः । समुत्पन्नाः प्रवर्तन्ते ह्यद्यापि भुवनेषु वै
teṣāṃ sutebhyaśca sutāstatputrebhyaḥ pare sutāḥ | samutpannāḥ pravartante hyadyāpi bhuvaneṣu vai
And from their sons (came) sons, and from those sons further sons; thus arisen, they continue even today in the worlds.
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KaP 26.26
विष्णोस्तु चक्षुषोः सूर्यो मनसश्चन्द्रमाः स्मृतः । श्रोत्राद्वायुः समुद्भूतो मुखादग्निरजायत
viṣṇostu cakṣuṣoḥ sūryo manasaścandramāḥ smṛtaḥ | śrotrādvāyuḥ samudbhūto mukhādagnirajāyata
But from Viṣṇu's two eyes (came) the sun, and from his mind the moon is said (to come); from his ear the wind arose, and from his mouth fire was born.
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KaP 26.27
प्रतिसर्गोह्ययं विष्णोस्तथा चापि दिशो दश । सृष्ट्यर्थं चन्द्रमाः पश्चादत्रिनेत्रादवातरत् । भास्करः कश्यपाज्जातो भार्यया च समन्वितः
pratisargohyayaṃ viṣṇostathā cāpi diśo daśa | sṛṣṭyarthaṃ candramāḥ paścādatrinetrādavātarat | bhāskaraḥ kaśyapājjāto bhāryayā ca samanvitaḥ
This indeed is the secondary creation of Viṣṇu, and so too the ten directions. Afterwards, for the sake of creation, the moon descended from Atri's eye; and the sun was born from Kaśyapa, together with his wife.
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KaP 26.28
रुद्राश्च बहवो जाता भूतग्रामाश्चतुर्विधाः । श्ववराहोष्ट्ररूपाश्च प्लवगोमायूगोमुखाः
rudrāśca bahavo jātā bhūtagrāmāścaturvidhāḥ | śvavarāhoṣṭrarūpāśca plavagomāyūgomukhāḥ
And many Rudras were born, and hosts of spirits of four kinds, having the forms of dogs, boars and camels, and (some) monkey-, jackal- and cow-faced.
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KaP 26.29
ऋक्षमार्जारवदनाः सिंहव्याघ्रमुखाः परे । नानाशस्त्रधराः सर्वे नानारूपाः महाबलाः
ṛkṣamārjāravadanāḥ siṃhavyāghramukhāḥ pare | nānāśastradharāḥ sarve nānārūpāḥ mahābalāḥ
Others had the faces of bears and cats, others the faces of lions and tigers; all bore various weapons, of various forms, of great strength.
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KaP 26.30
एष वः प्रतिसर्गोऽपि कथितो द्विजसत्तमाः । दैनन्दिनं च प्रलयं शृणुध्वं कल्पशेषतः
eṣa vaḥ pratisargo'pi kathito dvijasattamāḥ | dainandinaṃ ca pralayaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ kalpaśeṣataḥ
This secondary creation too has been recounted to you, O best of the twice-born; now hear of the daily dissolution, from the end of the kalpa onward.
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