Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 18
KuP 1 18.1
सूत उवाच एतानुत्पाद्य पुत्रांस्तु प्रजासंतानकारणात् । कश्यपो गोत्रकामस्तु चचार सुमहत् तपः
sūta uvāca etānutpādya putrāṃstu prajāsaṃtānakāraṇāt / kaśyapo gotrakāmastu cacāra sumahat tapaḥ
Sūta said: Having begotten these sons for the sake of the continuance of progeny, Kaśyapa, desiring a lineage, practised very great austerity.
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KuP 1 18.2
तस्य वै तपतो ऽत्यर्थं प्रादुर्भूतौ सुताविमौ । वत्सरश्चासितश्चैव तावुभौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ
tasya vai tapato 'tyarthaṃ prādurbhūtau sutāvimau / vatsaraścāsitaścaiva tāvubhau brahmavādinau
As he performed austerity exceedingly, these two sons appeared to him: Vatsara and Asita, both of them expounders of brahman.
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KuP 1 18.3
वत्सरान्नैध्रुवो जज्ञे रैभ्यश्च सुमहायशाः । रैभ्यस्य जज्ञिरे रैभ्याः पुत्रा द्युतिमतां वराः
vatsarānnaidhruvo jajñe raibhyaśca sumahāyaśāḥ / raibhyasya jajñire raibhyāḥ putrā dyutimatāṃ varāḥ
From Vatsara were born Naidhruva and the greatly famed Raibhya; of Raibhya were born the Raibhyas, sons foremost among the radiant.
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KuP 1 18.4
च्यवनस्य सुता पत्नी नैध्रुवस्य महात्मनः । सुमेधा जनयामास पुत्रान् वै कुण्डपायिनः
cyavanasya sutā patnī naidhruvasya mahātmanaḥ / sumedhā janayāmāsa putrān vai kuṇḍapāyinaḥ
Cyavana's daughter, the wife of the great-souled Naidhruva, Sumedhā, gave birth to the sons called Kuṇḍapāyins.
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KuP 1 18.5
असितस्यैकपर्णायां ब्रह्मिष्ठः समपद्यत । नाम्ना वै देवलः पुत्रो योगाचार्यो महातपाः
asitasyaikaparṇāyāṃ brahmiṣṭhaḥ samapadyata / nāmnā vai devalaḥ putro yogācāryo mahātapāḥ
To Asita, in Ekaparṇā, there was produced one most devoted to brahman, a son named Devala, a teacher of yoga, of great austerity,
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KuP 1 18.6
शाण्डिल्यानां परः श्रीमान् सर्वतत्त्वार्थवित् सुधीः । प्रसादात् पार्वतीशस्य योगमुत्तममाप्तवान्
śāṇḍilyānāṃ paraḥ śrīmān sarvatattvārthavit sudhīḥ / prasādāt pārvatīśasya yogamuttamamāptavān
the foremost of the Śāṇḍilyas, glorious, knower of the sense of all principles, of good understanding; by the grace of Pārvatī's lord he obtained the highest yoga.
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KuP 1 18.7
शाण्डिल्या नैध्रु वारैभ्यास्त्रयः पक्षास्तु काश्यपाः । नरप्रकृतयो विप्राः पुलस्त्यस्य वदामि वः
śāṇḍilyā naidhru vāraibhyāstrayaḥ pakṣāstu kāśyapāḥ / naraprakṛtayo viprāḥ pulastyasya vadāmi vaḥ
The Śāṇḍilyas, the Naidhruvas and the Vāraibhyas — these three branches are Kāśyapas; the brahmins (of them) are of human nature. I shall tell you of Pulastya's (line).
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KuP 1 18.8
तृणबिन्दोः सुता विप्रा नाम्ना त्विलविला स्मृता । पुलस्त्याय स राजर्षिस्तां कन्यां प्रत्यपादयत्
tṛṇabindoḥ sutā viprā nāmnā tvilavilā smṛtā / pulastyāya sa rājarṣistāṃ kanyāṃ pratyapādayat
O brahmins, Tṛṇabindu had a daughter known by the name Ilavilā; that royal sage bestowed that maiden upon Pulastya.
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KuP 1 18.9
ऋषिस्त्वैलविलिस्तस्यां विश्रवाः समपद्यत । तस्य पत्न्यश्चतस्त्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलवर्धिकाः
ṛṣistvailavilistasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata / tasya patnyaścatastrastu paulastyakulavardhikāḥ
From her the sage Viśravas, son of Ilavilā, was born. He had four wives, who increased the family of Pulastya.
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KuP 1 18.10
पुष्पोत्कटा च राका च कैकसी देववर्णिनी । रूपलावण्यसंपन्नास्तासां वै शृणुत प्रजाः
puṣpotkaṭā ca rākā ca kaikasī devavarṇinī / rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpannāstāsāṃ vai śṛṇuta prajāḥ
Puṣpotkaṭā, and Rākā, Kaikasī and Devavarṇinī, endowed with beauty and loveliness — hear of their offspring.
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KuP 1 18.11
ज्येष्ठं वैश्रवणं तस्य सुषुवे देवरूपिणी । कैकसी जनयत् पुत्रं रावणं राक्षसाधिपम्
jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ tasya suṣuve devarūpiṇī / kaikasī janayat putraṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam
Devarūpiṇī (Devavarṇinī) bore his eldest, Vaiśravaṇa; Kaikasī gave birth to a son, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas,
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KuP 1 18.12
कुम्भकर्णं शूर्पणखां तथैव च विभीषणम् । पुष्पोत्कटा व्यजनयत् पुत्रान् विश्रवसः शुभान्
kumbhakarṇaṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ tathaiva ca vibhīṣaṇam / puṣpotkaṭā vyajanayat putrān viśravasaḥ śubhān
and Kumbhakarṇa and Śūrpaṇakhā, and likewise Vibhīṣaṇa. Puṣpotkaṭā brought forth the auspicious sons of Viśravas:
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KuP 1 18.13
महोदरं प्रहस्तं च महापार्श्वं खरं तथा । कुम्भीनसीं तथा कन्यां राकायां शृणुत प्रजाः
mahodaraṃ prahastaṃ ca mahāpārśvaṃ kharaṃ tathā / kumbhīnasīṃ tathā kanyāṃ rākāyāṃ śṛṇuta prajāḥ
Mahodara and Prahasta, Mahāpārśva and likewise Khara, and also the maiden Kumbhīnasī. Hear of the offspring in Rākā:
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KuP 1 18.14
त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चैव विद्युज्जिह्वो महाबलः । इत्येते क्रूरकर्माणः पौलस्त्या राक्षसा दश । सर्वे तपोबलोत्कृष्टा रुद्रभक्ताः सुभीषणाः
triśirā dūṣaṇaścaiva vidyujjihvo mahābalaḥ / ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā daśa / sarve tapobalotkṛṣṭā rudrabhaktāḥ subhīṣaṇāḥ
Triśiras and Dūṣaṇa, and Vidyujjihva of great strength. These ten cruel-deeded rākṣasas are the descendants of Pulastya, all of them eminent through the power of austerity, devotees of Rudra, very terrible.
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KuP 1 18.15
पुलहस्य मृगाः पुत्राः सर्वे व्यालाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः । भूताः पिशाचाः सर्पाश्च शूकरा हस्तिनस्तथा
pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ / bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca śūkarā hastinastathā
Pulaha's sons are the deer, and all the beasts of prey with fangs, the bhūtas, the piśācas and the serpents, the boars and likewise the elephants.
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KuP 1 18.16
अनपत्यः क्रतुस्तस्मिन् स्मृतो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे । मरीचेः कश्यपः पुत्रः स्वयमेव प्रजापतिः
anapatyaḥ kratustasmin smṛto vaivasvate 'ntare / marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ putraḥ svayameva prajāpatiḥ
Kratu is said to be without offspring in that Vaivasvata interval. Marīci's son was Kaśyapa, himself a lord of creatures.
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KuP 1 18.17
भृगोरप्यभवच्छुक्रो दैत्याचार्यो महातपाः । स्वाध्याययोगनिरतो हरभक्तो महाद्युतिः
bhṛgorapyabhavacchukro daityācāryo mahātapāḥ / svādhyāyayoganirato harabhakto mahādyutiḥ
From Bhṛgu too was born Śukra, the teacher of the Daityas, of great austerity, devoted to Vedic recitation and yoga, a devotee of Hara, of great splendour.
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KuP 1 18.18
अत्रेः पत्न्यो ऽभवन् बह्व्यः सोदर्यास्ताः पतिव्रताः । कृशाश्वस्य तु विप्रेन्द्रा घृताच्यामिति मे श्रुतम्
atreḥ patnyo 'bhavan bahvyaḥ sodaryāstāḥ pativratāḥ / kṛśāśvasya tu viprendrā ghṛtācyāmiti me śrutam
Atri had many wives, sisters born of the same womb, devoted to their husband; they were daughters of Kṛśāśva, O best of brahmins, by Ghṛtācī — so I have heard.
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KuP 1 18.19
स तासु जनयामास स्वस्त्यात्रेयान् महौजसः । वेदवेदाङ्गनिरतांस्तपसा हतकिल्बिषान्
sa tāsu janayāmāsa svastyātreyān mahaujasaḥ / vedavedāṅganiratāṃstapasā hatakilbiṣān
In them he begot the Svastyātreyas of great vigour, devoted to the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences, their faults destroyed by austerity.
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KuP 1 18.20
नारदस्तु वसिष्ठाय ददौ देवीमरुन्धतीम् । ऊर्ध्वरेतास्तत्र मुनिः शापाद् दक्षस्य नारदः
nāradastu vasiṣṭhāya dadau devīmarundhatīm / ūrdhvaretāstatra muniḥ śāpād dakṣasya nāradaḥ
Nārada gave the goddess Arundhatī to Vasiṣṭha; there the sage Nārada became one whose seed was drawn upward, by the curse of Dakṣa.
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KuP 1 18.21
हर्यश्वेषु तु नष्टेषु मायया नारदस्य तु । शशाप नारदं दक्षः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः
haryaśveṣu tu naṣṭeṣu māyayā nāradasya tu / śaśāpa nāradaṃ dakṣaḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
When the Haryaśvas were lost through Nārada's trickery, Dakṣa, his eyes red with anger, cursed Nārada:
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KuP 1 18.22
यस्मान्मम सुताः सर्वे भवतो मायया द्विज । क्षयं नीतास्त्वशेषेण निरपत्यो भविष्यति
yasmānmama sutāḥ sarve bhavato māyayā dvija / kṣayaṃ nītāstvaśeṣeṇa nirapatyo bhaviṣyati
"Since all my sons have been brought to destruction entirely by your trickery, O brahmin, you shall be without offspring."
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KuP 1 18.23
अरुन्धत्यां वसिष्ठस्तु शक्तिमुत्पादयत् सुतम् । शक्तेः पराशरः श्रीमान् सर्वज्ञस्तपतां वरः
arundhatyāṃ vasiṣṭhastu śaktimutpādayat sutam / śakteḥ parāśaraḥ śrīmān sarvajñastapatāṃ varaḥ
On Arundhatī Vasiṣṭha begot a son, Śakti; from Śakti (came) the illustrious Parāśara, all-knowing, best of ascetics.
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KuP 1 18.24
आराध्य देवदेवेशमीशानं त्रिपुरान्तकम् । लेभे त्वप्रतिमं पुत्रं कृष्णाद्वैपायनं प्रभुम्
ārādhya devadeveśamīśānaṃ tripurāntakam / lebhe tvapratimaṃ putraṃ kṛṣṇādvaipāyanaṃ prabhum
Having worshipped Īśāna, the god of gods' lord, the destroyer of Tripura, he obtained an incomparable son, the lord Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana.
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KuP 1 18.25
द्वैपायनाच्छ्रको जज्ञे भगवानेव शङ्करः । अंशांशेनावतीर्योर्व्यां स्वं प्राप परमं पदम्
dvaipāyanācchrako jajñe bhagavāneva śaṅkaraḥ / aṃśāṃśenāvatīryorvyāṃ svaṃ prāpa paramaṃ padam
From Dvaipāyana was born Śuka, who was the Lord Śaṅkara himself; having descended to the earth by a portion of a portion, he attained his own supreme state.
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KuP 1 18.26
शुकस्याप्यभवन् पुत्राः पञ्चात्यन्ततपस्विनः । भूरिश्रवाः प्रभुः शंभुः कृष्णो गौरश्च पञ्चमः । कन्या कीर्तिमती चैव योगमाता धृतव्रता
śukasyāpyabhavan putrāḥ pañcātyantatapasvinaḥ / bhūriśravāḥ prabhuḥ śaṃbhuḥ kṛṣṇo gauraśca pañcamaḥ / kanyā kīrtimatī caiva yogamātā dhṛtavratā
Śuka too had five sons, extremely great ascetics: Bhūriśravas, Prabhu, Śambhu, Kṛṣṇa, and Gaura the fifth; and a daughter, Kīrtimatī, the mother of Yoga, firm in her vows.
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KuP 1 18.27
एते ऽत्र वंश्याः कथिता ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । अत ऊर्ध्वं निबोधध्वं कश्यपाद्राजसंततिम्
ete 'tra vaṃśyāḥ kathitā brāhmaṇā brahmavādinām / ata ūrdhvaṃ nibodhadhvaṃ kaśyapādrājasaṃtatim
These, the brahmins of the lineage, have here been recounted for those who discourse on brahman. Now beyond this, learn of the royal progeny descended from Kaśyapa.
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