Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 17
KuP 1 17.1
बलेः पुत्रशतं त्वासीन्महाबलपराक्रमम् । तेषां प्रधानो द्युतिमान् बाणो नाम महाबलः
baleḥ putraśataṃ tvāsīnmahābalaparākramam / teṣāṃ pradhāno dyutimān bāṇo nāma mahābalaḥ
Bali had a hundred sons, of great strength and valour; the chief of them was the splendid, greatly strong one named Bāṇa.
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KuP 1 17.2
सो ऽतीव शङ्करे भक्तो राजा राज्यमपालयत् । त्रैलोक्यं वशमानीय बाधयामास वासवम्
so 'tīva śaṅkare bhakto rājā rājyamapālayat / trailokyaṃ vaśamānīya bādhayāmāsa vāsavam
He, exceedingly devoted to Śaṅkara, ruled his kingdom as king; and having brought the three worlds under his sway, he harassed Vāsava (Indra).
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KuP 1 17.3
ततः शक्रादयो देवा गत्वोचुः कृत्तिवाससम् । त्वदीयो बाधते ह्यस्मान् बाणो नाम महासुरः
tataḥ śakrādayo devā gatvocuḥ kṛttivāsasam / tvadīyo bādhate hyasmān bāṇo nāma mahāsuraḥ
Then the gods, Śakra and the rest, went and said to the wearer of the hide: "One of yours, the great asura named Bāṇa, is oppressing us."
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KuP 1 17.4
व्याहृतो दैवदैः सर्वैर्देवदेवो महेश्वरः । ददाह बाणस्य पुरं शरेणैकेन लीलया
vyāhṛto daivadaiḥ sarvairdevadevo maheśvaraḥ / dadāha bāṇasya puraṃ śareṇaikena līlayā
Addressed by all the gods, the God of gods, Maheśvara, burned Bāṇa's city with a single arrow, in play.
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KuP 1 17.5
दह्यमाने पुरे तस्मिन् बाणो रुद्रं त्रिशूलिनम् । ययौ शरणमीशानं गोपतिं नीललोहितम्
dahyamāne pure tasmin bāṇo rudraṃ triśūlinam / yayau śaraṇamīśānaṃ gopatiṃ nīlalohitam
While that city was burning, Bāṇa went for refuge to Rudra, the trident-bearer, the Lord, the lord of cattle, the dark-red one.
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KuP 1 17.6
मूर्धन्याधाय तल्लिङ्गं शांभवं भीतवर्जितः । निर्गत्य तु पुरात् तस्मात् तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
mūrdhanyādhāya talliṅgaṃ śāṃbhavaṃ bhītavarjitaḥ / nirgatya tu purāt tasmāt tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
Placing that liṅga of Śambhu upon his head, freed from fear, he went out from that city and praised the Supreme Lord.
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KuP 1 17.7
संस्तुतो भगवानीशः शङ्करो नीललोहितः । गाणपत्येन बाणं तं योजयामास भावतः
saṃstuto bhagavānīśaḥ śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ / gāṇapatyena bāṇaṃ taṃ yojayāmāsa bhāvataḥ
Being thus praised, the Lord Īśa Śaṅkara, the blue-and-red one, affectionately conferred on that Bāṇa lordship over the (Śiva's) hosts.
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KuP 1 17.8
अथाभवन् दनोः पुत्रास्ताराद्या ह्यतिभीषणाः । तारस्तथा शम्बरश्च कपिलः शङ्करस्तथा । स्वर्भानुर्वृषपर्वा च प्राधान्येन प्रकीर्तिताः
athābhavan danoḥ putrāstārādyā hyatibhīṣaṇāḥ / tārastathā śambaraśca kapilaḥ śaṅkarastathā / svarbhānurvṛṣaparvā ca prādhānyena prakīrtitāḥ
Then there were born the sons of Danu, Tāra and the rest, exceedingly terrible: Tāra, and Śambara, Kapila and Śaṅkara, and Svarbhānu and Vṛṣaparvan—these are proclaimed as the chief ones.
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KuP 1 17.9
सुरसायाः सहस्त्रं तु सर्पाणामभवद् द्विजाः । अनेकशिरसां तद्वत् खेचराणां महात्मनाम्
surasāyāḥ sahastraṃ tu sarpāṇāmabhavad dvijāḥ / anekaśirasāṃ tadvat khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
But of Surasā, O twice-born, there were a thousand serpents, many-headed, sky-going and great-souled.
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KuP 1 17.10
अरिष्टा जनयामास गन्धर्वाणां सहस्त्रकम् । अनन्ताद्या महानागाः काद्रवेयाः प्रकीर्तिताः
ariṣṭā janayāmāsa gandharvāṇāṃ sahastrakam / anantādyā mahānāgāḥ kādraveyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Ariṣṭā gave birth to a thousand gandharvas; the great nāgas beginning with Ananta are declared to be Kadrū's offspring.
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KuP 1 17.11
ताम्रा च जनयामास षट् कन्या द्विजपुङ्गवाः । शुकीं श्येनीं च भासीं च सुग्रीवाङ्गृध्रिकां शुचिम्
tāmrā ca janayāmāsa ṣaṭ kanyā dvijapuṅgavāḥ / śukīṃ śyenīṃ ca bhāsīṃ ca sugrīvāṅgṛdhrikāṃ śucim
And Tāmrā, O bulls among the twice-born, gave birth to six daughters: Śukī and Śyenī and Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Gṛdhrikā and Śuci.
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KuP 1 17.12
गास्तथा जनयामास सुरभिर्महिषीस्तथा । इरा वृक्षलतावल्लीस्तृणजातीश्च सर्वशः
gāstathā janayāmāsa surabhirmahiṣīstathā / irā vṛkṣalatāvallīstṛṇajātīśca sarvaśaḥ
Surabhi likewise gave birth to cows and to buffalo-cows; Irā (bore) trees, creepers and vines, and every kind of grass.
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KuP 1 17.13
खसा वै यक्षरक्षांसि मुनिरप्सरसस्तथा । रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा जनयामास सत्तमाः
khasā vai yakṣarakṣāṃsi munirapsarasastathā / rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā janayāmāsa sattamāḥ
Khasā indeed (bore) the yakṣas and rākṣasas, and Muni the apsarases; Krodhavaśā gave birth to the troop of rākṣasas, O best of beings.
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KuP 1 17.14
विनतायाश्च पुत्रौ द्वौ प्रख्यातौ गरुडारुणौ । तयोश्च गरुडो धीमान् तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम् । प्रसादाच्छूनिलः प्राप्तो वाहनत्वं हरेः स्वयम्
vinatāyāśca putrau dvau prakhyātau garuḍāruṇau / tayośca garuḍo dhīmān tapastaptvā suduścaram / prasādācchūnilaḥ prāpto vāhanatvaṃ hareḥ svayam
And of Vinatā there were two renowned sons, Garuḍa and Aruṇa; of these two the wise Garuḍa, having performed austerity most hard to perform, by (Śiva's) grace himself attained the position of Hari's mount.
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KuP 1 17.15
आराध्य तपसा रुद्रं मह्देवं तथारुणः । सारथ्ये कल्पितः पूर्वं प्रीतेनार्कस्य शंभुना
ārādhya tapasā rudraṃ mahdevaṃ tathāruṇaḥ / sārathye kalpitaḥ pūrvaṃ prītenārkasya śaṃbhunā
And Aruṇa likewise, having propitiated Rudra Mahādeva by austerity, was of old appointed to the charioteering of the Sun by the pleased Śambhu.
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KuP 1 17.16
एते कश्यपदायादाः कीर्तिताः स्थाणुजङ्गमाः । वैवस्वते ऽन्ते ह्यस्मिञ्छृण्वतां पापनाशनाः
ete kaśyapadāyādāḥ kīrtitāḥ sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ / vaivasvate 'nte hyasmiñchṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanāḥ
These heirs of Kaśyapa, stationary and moving, have been proclaimed—in this Vaivasvata (manvantara), at its end—destroyers of the sins of those who hear (of them).
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KuP 1 17.17
सप्तविंशत् सुताः प्रोक्ताः सोमपत्न्यश्च सुव्रताः । अरिष्टनेमिपत्नीनामपत्यानीह षोडश
saptaviṃśat sutāḥ proktāḥ somapatnyaśca suvratāḥ / ariṣṭanemipatnīnāmapatyānīha ṣoḍaśa
Twenty-seven sons are declared, and the wives of Soma, of good vows; and of the wives of Ariṣṭanemi there were here sixteen offspring.
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KuP 1 17.18
बहुपुत्रस्य विदुषश्चतस्त्रो विद्युतः स्मृताः । तद्वदङ्गिरसः पुत्रा ऋषयो ब्रह्मसत्कृताः
bahuputrasya viduṣaścatastro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ / tadvadaṅgirasaḥ putrā ṛṣayo brahmasatkṛtāḥ
Of the learned Bahuputra four lightnings are recorded; and likewise the sons of Aṅgiras, sages honoured by Brahmā.
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KuP 1 17.19
कुशाश्वस्य तु देवर्षेर्देवप्रहरणाः सुताः । एते युगसहस्त्रान्ते जायन्ते पुनरेव हि । मन्वन्तरेषु नियतं तुल्यैः कार्यैः स्वनामभिः
kuśāśvasya tu devarṣerdevapraharaṇāḥ sutāḥ / ete yugasahastrānte jāyante punareva hi / manvantareṣu niyataṃ tulyaiḥ kāryaiḥ svanāmabhiḥ
But of the divine sage Kuśāśva the sons were the divine weapons; these indeed are born again at the end of a thousand yugas, regularly in the manvantaras, with the same functions and under their own names.
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