Matsya Purana — Chapter 8
MtP 8.1
आदिसर्गश्च यः सूत कथितो विस्तरेण तु प्रतिसर्गश्च ये येषाम् अधिपास् तान्वदस्व नः
ādisargaśca yaḥ sūta kathito vistareṇa tu pratisargaśca ye yeṣām adhipās tānvadasva naḥ
"O Sūta, the primary creation has been told in detail, and the secondary creation too; tell us who are the rulers of which (beings)."
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MtP 8.2
यदाभिषिक्तः सकलाधिराज्ये पृथुर्धरित्र्यामधिपो बभूव तदौषधीनामधिपं चकार यज्ञव्रतानां तपसां च चन्द्रम्
yadābhiṣiktaḥ sakalādhirājye pṛthurdharitryāmadhipo babhūva tadauṣadhīnāmadhipaṃ cakāra yajñavratānāṃ tapasāṃ ca candram
When Pṛthu, consecrated in the sovereignty over all, became lord upon the earth, then he made Candra lord of the herbs, of the sacrificial vows and of the austerities;
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MtP 8.3
नक्षत्रताराद्विजवृक्षगुल्मलतावितानस्य च रुक्मगर्भः अपामधीशं वरुणं धनानां राज्ञां प्रभुं वैश्रवणं च तद्वत्
nakṣatratārādvijavṛkṣagulmalatāvitānasya ca rukmagarbhaḥ apāmadhīśaṃ varuṇaṃ dhanānāṃ rājñāṃ prabhuṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ ca tadvat
And the golden-wombed (Brahmā made him) lord of the lunar mansions and stars, of the twice-born, of trees, shrubs, and the spread of creepers; likewise (he made) Varuṇa the overlord of the waters, and Vaiśravaṇa the master of riches and of kings.
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MtP 8.4
विष्णुं रवीणामधिपं वसूनाम् अग्निं च लोकाधिपतिश्चकार प्रजापतीनामधिपं च दक्षं चकार शक्रं मरुतामधीशम्
viṣṇuṃ ravīṇāmadhipaṃ vasūnām agniṃ ca lokādhipatiścakāra prajāpatīnāmadhipaṃ ca dakṣaṃ cakāra śakraṃ marutāmadhīśam
He made Viṣṇu chief of the suns, and Agni of the Vasus, as lord of the world; and he made Dakṣa chief of the Prajāpatis, and Śakra overlord of the Maruts.
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MtP 8.5
दैत्याधिपानामथ दानवानां प्रह्लादमीशं च यमं पितॄणाम् पिशाचरक्षःपशुभूतयक्षवेतालराजं त्व् अथ शूलपाणिम्
daityādhipānāmatha dānavānāṃ prahlādamīśaṃ ca yamaṃ pitṝṇām piśācarakṣaḥpaśubhūtayakṣavetālarājaṃ tv atha śūlapāṇim
Then (he made) Prahlāda lord of the chiefs of the Daityas and of the Dānavas, and Yama (lord) of the ancestors; and the Trident-bearer king of the piśācas, rākṣasas, beasts, bhūtas, yakṣas and vetālas.
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MtP 8.6
प्रालेयशैलं च पतिं गिरीणाम् ईशं समुद्रं ससरिन्नदानाम् गन्धर्वविद्याधरकिंनराणाम् ईशं पुनश्चित्ररथं चकार
prāleyaśailaṃ ca patiṃ girīṇām īśaṃ samudraṃ sasarinnadānām gandharvavidyādharakiṃnarāṇām īśaṃ punaścitrarathaṃ cakāra
And (he made) the Snow Mountain lord of the mountains, the ocean lord of the streams and rivers; and again he made Citraratha lord of the gandharvas, vidyādharas and kiṃnaras.
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MtP 8.7
नागाधिपं वासुकिमुग्रवीर्यं सर्पाधिपं तक्षकमादिदेश दिशां गजानामधिपं चकार गजेन्द्रमैरावतनामधेयम्
nāgādhipaṃ vāsukimugravīryaṃ sarpādhipaṃ takṣakamādideśa diśāṃ gajānāmadhipaṃ cakāra gajendramairāvatanāmadheyam
He appointed Vāsuki of fierce might chief of the nāgas, Takṣaka chief of the serpents; and he made the lordly elephant named Airāvata chief of the elephants of the directions.
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MtP 8.8
सुपर्णमीशं पततामथाश्वराजानमुच्चैःश्रवसं चकार सिंहं मृगाणां वृषभं गवां च प्लक्षं पुनः सर्ववनस्पतीनाम्
suparṇamīśaṃ patatāmathāśvarājānamuccaiḥśravasaṃ cakāra siṃhaṃ mṛgāṇāṃ vṛṣabhaṃ gavāṃ ca plakṣaṃ punaḥ sarvavanaspatīnām
He made Suparṇa lord of the birds, and Uccaiḥśravas king of horses, the lion (lord) of wild animals, the bull of cattle, and again the plakṣa tree of all forest trees.
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MtP 8.9
पितामहः पूर्वमथाभ्यषिञ्चच् चैतान्पुनः सर्वदिशाधिनाथान् पूर्वेण दिक्पालम् अथाभ्यषिञ्चन् नाम्ना सुधर्माणम् अरातिकेतुम्
pitāmahaḥ pūrvamathābhyaṣiñcac caitānpunaḥ sarvadiśādhināthān pūrveṇa dikpālam athābhyaṣiñcan nāmnā sudharmāṇam arātiketum
And the Grandfather first consecrated these as overlords of all the directions; in the east he consecrated as guardian of the quarter one named Sudharman, a banner (of terror) to his foes.
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MtP 8.10
ततो ऽधिपं दक्षिणतश्चकार सर्वेश्वरं शङ्खपदाभिधानम् स केतुमन्तं च दिगीशमीशश् चकार पश्चाद् भुवनाण्डगर्भः
tato 'dhipaṃ dakṣiṇataścakāra sarveśvaraṃ śaṅkhapadābhidhānam sa ketumantaṃ ca digīśamīśaś cakāra paścād bhuvanāṇḍagarbhaḥ
Then he made as overlord in the south the lord of all named Śaṅkhapada; and that lord, the womb of the egg of the worlds, made Ketumat guardian of the quarter in the west.
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MtP 8.11
हिरण्यरोमाणम् उदग्दिगीशं प्रजापतिर् देवसुतं चकार अद्यापि कुर्वन्ति दिशाम् अधीशाः शत्रून् दहन्तस्तु भुवो ऽभिरक्षाम्
hiraṇyaromāṇam udagdigīśaṃ prajāpatir devasutaṃ cakāra adyāpi kurvanti diśām adhīśāḥ śatrūn dahantastu bhuvo 'bhirakṣām
Prajāpati made Hiraṇyaroman, son of a god, guardian of the northern quarter; and to this day the overlords of the quarters, burning up enemies, keep guard over the earth.
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MtP 8.12
चतुर्भिर् एभिः पृथुनामधेयो नृपो ऽभिषिक्तः प्रथमं पृथिव्याम् गते ऽन्तरे चाक्षुषनामधेये वैवस्वताख्ये च पुनः प्रवृत्ते प्रजापतिः सो ऽस्य चराचरस्य बभूव सूर्यान्वयवंशचिह्नः
caturbhir ebhiḥ pṛthunāmadheyo nṛpo 'bhiṣiktaḥ prathamaṃ pṛthivyām gate 'ntare cākṣuṣanāmadheye vaivasvatākhye ca punaḥ pravṛtte prajāpatiḥ so 'sya carācarasya babhūva sūryānvayavaṃśacihnaḥ
By these four the king named Pṛthu was consecrated as the first (king) on earth, when the interval named Cākṣuṣa had passed and that called Vaivasvata had again begun; he became the Prajāpati of this world of moving and unmoving things, marked as of the lineage of the solar line.
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