Narasimha Purana — Chapter 18
NsP 18.1
इति श्रुत्वा कथाः पुण्याः सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीः नानाविधा मुनिश्रेष्ठाः कृष्णद्वैपायनात् पुनः
iti śrutvā kathāḥ puṇyāḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīḥ nānāvidhā muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāt punaḥ
Having thus heard from Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana the meritorious tales of many kinds, destroyers of all sin, the best of sages once more —
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NsP 18.2
शुकः पूर्वं महाभागो भरद्वाजो महामते सिद्धैर् अन्यैश् च सहितो नारायणपरो ऽभवत्
śukaḥ pūrvaṃ mahābhāgo bharadvājo mahāmate siddhair anyaiś ca sahito nārāyaṇaparo 'bhavat
Formerly the greatly fortunate Śuka, and Bharadvāja, O you of great mind, together with the siddhas and others, became devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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NsP 18.3
एवं ते कथिता विप्र मार्कण्डेयादिकाः कथाः मया विचित्राः पापघ्न्यः किं भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि
evaṃ te kathitā vipra mārkaṇḍeyādikāḥ kathāḥ mayā vicitrāḥ pāpaghnyaḥ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi
Thus, O brahmin, the wonderful, sin-destroying tales beginning with that of Mārkaṇḍeya have been told to you by me. What more do you wish to hear?
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NsP 18.4
वस्वादीनां तथा प्रोक्ता मम सृष्टिस् त्वया पुरा अश्विनोर् मरुतां चैव नोक्तोत्पत्तिस् तु तां वद
vasvādīnāṃ tathā proktā mama sṛṣṭis tvayā purā aśvinor marutāṃ caiva noktotpattis tu tāṃ vada
The creation of the Vasus and the rest has likewise been told to me by you before; but the origin of the two Aśvins and of the Maruts has not been told — tell that.
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NsP 18.5
मरुतां विस्तरेणोक्ता वैष्णवाख्ये महामते पुराणे शक्तिपुत्रेण पुरोत्पतिश् च वायुना
marutāṃ vistareṇoktā vaiṣṇavākhye mahāmate purāṇe śaktiputreṇa purotpatiś ca vāyunā
The (origin) of the Maruts has been told at length, O great-minded one, in the Purāṇa called Vaiṣṇava by the son of Śakti, and their origin (was told) before by Vāyu.
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NsP 18.6
अश्विनोर् देवयोश् चैव सृष्टिर् उक्ता सुविस्तरात् संक्षेपात् तव वक्ष्यामि सृष्टिम् एतां शृणुष्व मे
aśvinor devayoś caiva sṛṣṭir uktā suvistarāt saṃkṣepāt tava vakṣyāmi sṛṣṭim etāṃ śṛṇuṣva me
And the creation of the two Aśvin gods has been told very extensively; I shall tell you this creation in brief — listen to me.
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NsP 18.24
एवं वः कथिता विप्रा अश्विनौत्पत्तिर् उत्तमा पुण्या पवित्रा पापघ्नी भरद्वाज महामते
evaṃ vaḥ kathitā viprā aśvinautpattir uttamā puṇyā pavitrā pāpaghnī bharadvāja mahāmate
Thus, O brahmins, the excellent birth of the Aśvins has been told to you — meritorious, purifying, sin-destroying — O great-minded Bharadvāja.
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NsP 18.25
आदित्यपुत्रौ भिषजौ सुराणां दिव्येन रूपेण विराजमानौ श्रुत्वा तयोर् जन्म नरः पृथिव्यां भवेत् सुरूपो दिवि मोदते च
ādityaputrau bhiṣajau surāṇāṃ divyena rūpeṇa virājamānau śrutvā tayor janma naraḥ pṛthivyāṃ bhavet surūpo divi modate ca
The two sons of Āditya, physicians of the gods, shining with divine form: a man who hears of their birth becomes handsome on earth and rejoices in heaven.
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