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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 17

SiP 7.1 17.1

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे देवीशक्त्युद्भवो नाम षोडशो ऽध्यायः ५१८ब् छप्तेर् १७ वायुरुवाच एवं लब्ध्वा परां शक्तिमीश्वरादेव शाश्वतीम् मैथुनप्रभवां सृष्टिं कर्तृकामः प्रजापतिः

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe devīśaktyudbhavo nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ 518b chapter 17 vāyuruvāca evaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śaktimīśvarādeva śāśvatīm maithunaprabhavāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kartṛkāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ

Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the first section, the sixteenth chapter, called "The Arising of the Goddess's Śakti." Chapter 17. Vāyu said: Having thus obtained from the Lord himself the supreme, everlasting Śakti, Prajāpati, desiring to carry out a creation arising from sexual union,

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SiP 7.1 17.2

स्वयमप्यद्भुतो नारी चार्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत् यार्धेन नारी सा तस्माच्छतरूपा व्यजायत

svayamapyadbhuto nārī cārdhena puruṣo 'bhavat yārdhena nārī sā tasmācchatarūpā vyajāyata

himself too became wondrous: by half a woman and (by half) a man. She who was a woman by half — from her Śatarūpā was born.

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SiP 7.1 17.3

विराजमसृजद्ब्रह्मा सो ऽर्धन पुरुषो ऽभवत् स वै स्वायंभुवः पूर्वं पुरुषो मनुरुच्यते

virājamasṛjadbrahmā so 'rdhana puruṣo 'bhavat sa vai svāyaṃbhuvaḥ pūrvaṃ puruṣo manurucyate

Brahmā created Virāj; he became a man by half. He indeed is called the first man, Manu, son of the Self-existent.

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SiP 7.1 17.4

सा देवी शतरूपा तु तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम् भर्तारं दीप्तयशसं मनुमेवान्वपद्यत

sā devī śatarūpā tu tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram bhartāraṃ dīptayaśasaṃ manumevānvapadyata

But that goddess Śatarūpā, having performed very difficult austerity, obtained as her husband none other than Manu of blazing fame.

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SiP 7.1 17.5

तस्मात्तु शतरूपा सा पुत्रद्वयमसूयत प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ पुत्रौ पुत्रवतां वरौ

tasmāttu śatarūpā sā putradvayamasūyata priyavratottānapādau putrau putravatāṃ varau

From him that Śatarūpā bore two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, sons who were the best of those who have sons.

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SiP 7.1 17.6

कन्ये द्वे च महाभागे याभ्यां जातास्त्विमाः प्रजाः आकूतिरेका विज्ञेया प्रसूतिरपरा स्मृता

kanye dve ca mahābhāge yābhyāṃ jātāstvimāḥ prajāḥ ākūtirekā vijñeyā prasūtiraparā smṛtā

And two daughters, greatly fortunate, from whom these creatures were born: one is to be known as Ākūti, the other is recorded as Prasūti.

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SiP 7.1 17.7

स्वायंभुवः प्रसूतिं च ददौ दक्षाय तां प्रभुः रुचेः प्रजापतिश्चैव चाकूतिं समपादयत्

svāyaṃbhuvaḥ prasūtiṃ ca dadau dakṣāya tāṃ prabhuḥ ruceḥ prajāpatiścaiva cākūtiṃ samapādayat

And the Lord, son of the Self-existent, gave that Prasūti to Dakṣa, and Prajāpati bestowed Ākūti on Ruci.

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SiP 7.1 17.8

आकूत्यां मिथुनं जज्ञे मानसस्य रुचेः शुभम् यज्ञश्च दक्षिणा चैव याभ्यां संवर्तितं जगत्

ākūtyāṃ mithunaṃ jajñe mānasasya ruceḥ śubham yajñaśca dakṣiṇā caiva yābhyāṃ saṃvartitaṃ jagat

On Ākūti an auspicious pair was born of the mind-born Ruci: Yajña and Dakṣiṇā, by whom the world is kept turning.

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SiP 7.1 17.9

स्वायंभुवसुतायां तु प्रसूत्यां लोकमातरः १ चतस्रो विंशतिः कन्या दक्षस्त्वजनयत्प्रभुः

svāyaṃbhuvasutāyāṃ tu prasūtyāṃ lokamātaraḥ 1 catasro viṃśatiḥ kanyā dakṣastvajanayatprabhuḥ

And on Prasūti, the daughter of the Self-existent's son, Dakṣa the lord begot twenty-four maidens, mothers of the world.

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SiP 7.1 17.10

श्रद्धा लक्ष्मीर्धृतिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिर्मेधा क्रिया तथा बुद्धिर्लज्जा वपुः शांतिस्सिद्धिः कीर्तिस्त्रयोदशी

śraddhā lakṣmīrdhṛtiḥ puṣṭistuṣṭirmedhā kriyā tathā buddhirlajjā vapuḥ śāṃtissiddhiḥ kīrtistrayodaśī

Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Puṣṭi, Tuṣṭi, Medhā, and Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Siddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth —

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SiP 7.1 17.11

पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायणीः प्रभुः ताभ्यः शिष्टा यवीयस्य एकादश सुलोचनाः

patnyarthaṃ pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyaṇīḥ prabhuḥ tābhyaḥ śiṣṭā yavīyasya ekādaśa sulocanāḥ

these daughters of Dakṣa the lord Dharma took as wives; the remaining eleven, younger and fair-eyed, were:

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SiP 7.1 17.12

ख्यातिः सत्यर्थसंभूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिः क्षमा तथा सन्नतिश्चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा

khyātiḥ satyarthasaṃbhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītiḥ kṣamā tathā sannatiścānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā

Khyāti, Satī, Saṃbhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, Kṣamā, likewise Sannati, Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā, and Svadhā.

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SiP 7.1 17.13

भृगुश्शर्वो मरीचिश्च अंगिराः पुलहः क्रतुः पुलस्त्यो ऽत्रिर्विशिष्ठश्च पावकः पितरस्तथा

bhṛguśśarvo marīciśca aṃgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ pulastyo 'trirviśiṣṭhaśca pāvakaḥ pitarastathā

Bhṛgu, Śarva, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Pāvaka (Fire), and likewise the Fathers —

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SiP 7.1 17.14

ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्यामुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः कामाद्यास्तु यश्ॐता ये ते त्रयोदश सूनवः

khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyāmunayo munisattamāḥ kāmādyāstu yaśoṃtā ye te trayodaśa sūnavaḥ

Those most excellent sages took to wife the maidens Khyāti and the rest; and those who begin with Kāma and end with Yaśas — they are the thirteen sons.

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SiP 7.1 17.15

धर्मस्य जज्ञिरे तास्तु श्रद्धाद्यास्सुसुखोत्तराः दुःखोत्तराश्च हिंसायामधर्मस्य च संततौ

dharmasya jajñire tāstu śraddhādyāssusukhottarāḥ duḥkhottarāśca hiṃsāyāmadharmasya ca saṃtatau

And they gave birth for Dharma to Śraddhā and the others, whose outcome is great happiness; and to those whose outcome is sorrow in Hiṃsā, in the progeny of Adharma.

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SiP 7.1 17.16

निकृत्यादय उत्पन्नाःपुत्राश्च धर्मलक्षणाः नैषां भार्याश्च पुत्रा वा सर्वे त्वनियमाः स्मृताः

nikṛtyādaya utpannāḥputrāśca dharmalakṣaṇāḥ naiṣāṃ bhāryāśca putrā vā sarve tvaniyamāḥ smṛtāḥ

Nikṛti and the others were born as sons, marked by dharma(?); these have neither wives nor sons — all are recorded as being without rule.

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SiP 7.1 17.17

स एष तामसस्सर्गो जज्ञे धर्मनियामकः या सा दक्षस्य दुहिता रुद्रस्य दयिता सती

sa eṣa tāmasassargo jajñe dharmaniyāmakaḥ yā sā dakṣasya duhitā rudrasya dayitā satī

This is that dark (tāmasa) creation, which came into being as the constrainer of dharma. She who was Dakṣa's daughter, Rudra's beloved, Satī —

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SiP 7.1 17.18

भर्तृनिन्दाप्रसंगेन त्यक्त्वा दाक्षायिणीं तनुम् दक्षं च दक्षभार्यां च विनिंद्य सह बन्धुभिः

bhartṛnindāprasaṃgena tyaktvā dākṣāyiṇīṃ tanum dakṣaṃ ca dakṣabhāryāṃ ca viniṃdya saha bandhubhiḥ

on the occasion of the reviling of her husband, having abandoned her body as Dakṣa's daughter, and having censured Dakṣa and Dakṣa's wife together with their kinsmen —

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SiP 7.1 17.19

सा मेनायामाविरभूत्पुत्री हिमवतो गिरेः १ प्रथमार्षी ५१९अ रुद्रस्तु तां सतीं दृष्ट्वा रुद्रांस्त्वात्मसमप्रभान्

sā menāyāmāvirabhūtputrī himavato gireḥ 1 prathamārṣī 519a rudrastu tāṃ satīṃ dṛṣṭvā rudrāṃstvātmasamaprabhān

she appeared as the daughter of Menā, (wife) of the mountain Himavat. [1 prathamārṣī 519a] But Rudra, having seen her as Satī, (created) Rudras equal in splendour to himself —

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SiP 7.1 17.20

यथासृजदसंख्यातांस्तथा कथितमेव च भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुत्पन्ना लक्ष्मीर्नारायणप्रिया

yathāsṛjadasaṃkhyātāṃstathā kathitameva ca bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannā lakṣmīrnārāyaṇapriyā

how he created them, countless in number, has likewise been told. From Bhṛgu, in Khyāti, was born Lakṣmī, dear to Nārāyaṇa,

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SiP 7.1 17.21

देवौ धातृविधातारौ मन्वंतरविधारिणौ तयोर्वै पुत्रपौत्राद्याश्शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः

devau dhātṛvidhātārau manvaṃtaravidhāriṇau tayorvai putrapautrādyāśśataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

and the two gods Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, who uphold the manvantara. Of those two the sons and grandsons and the rest, by hundreds and by thousands,

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SiP 7.1 17.22

स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे नीताः सर्वे ते भार्गवा मताः मरीचेरपि संभूतिः पौर्णमासमसूयत

svāyaṃbhuve 'ṃtare nītāḥ sarve te bhārgavā matāḥ marīcerapi saṃbhūtiḥ paurṇamāsamasūyata

passed away in the Svāyambhuva interval; all of them are held to be Bhārgavas. Of Marīci too, Saṃbhūti bore Paurṇamāsa,

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SiP 7.1 17.23

कन्याचतुष्टयं चैव महीयांसस्तदन्वयाः येषां वंशे समुत्पन्नो बहुपुत्रस्य कश्यपः

kanyācatuṣṭayaṃ caiva mahīyāṃsastadanvayāḥ yeṣāṃ vaṃśe samutpanno bahuputrasya kaśyapaḥ

and a set of four daughters; great were his descendants, in whose lineage was born Kaśyapa, (son) of the one with many sons.

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SiP 7.1 17.24

स्मृतिश्चांगिरसः पत्नी जनयामास वै सुतौ आग्नीध्रं शरभञ्चैव तथा कन्याचतुष्टयम्

smṛtiścāṃgirasaḥ patnī janayāmāsa vai sutau āgnīdhraṃ śarabhañcaiva tathā kanyācatuṣṭayam

And Smṛti, the wife of Aṅgiras, bore two sons, Āgnīdhra and Śarabha, and likewise a set of four daughters.

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SiP 7.1 17.25

तदीयाः पुत्रपौत्राश्च येतीतास्ते सहस्रशः प्रीत्यां पुलस्त्यभार्यायां दन्तोग्निरभवत्सुतः पूर्वजन्मनि योगस्त्यस्स्मृतः स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे

tadīyāḥ putrapautrāśca yetītāste sahasraśaḥ prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ dantognirabhavatsutaḥ pūrvajanmani yogastyassmṛtaḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ṃtare

And his sons and grandsons who have passed are in the thousands. In Prīti, Pulastya's wife, Dattogni(?) was born as a son, who in a former birth, in the Svāyambhuva interval, was known as Agastya.

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SiP 7.1 17.26

तत्संततीया बहवः पौलस्त्या इति विश्रुताः क्षमा तु सुषुवे पुत्रान्पुलहस्य प्रजापतेः

tatsaṃtatīyā bahavaḥ paulastyā iti viśrutāḥ kṣamā tu suṣuve putrānpulahasya prajāpateḥ

Many of his progeny are renowned as Paulastyas. And Kṣamā bore sons to Pulaha the Prajāpati:

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SiP 7.1 17.27

कर्दमश्च सुरिश्चैव सहिष्णुश्चेति ते त्रयः त्रेताग्निवर्चसस्सर्वे येषां वंशः प्रतिष्ठितः

kardamaśca suriścaiva sahiṣṇuśceti te trayaḥ tretāgnivarcasassarve yeṣāṃ vaṃśaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Kardama, Suri, and Sahiṣṇu — these three; all with the lustre of the three sacred fires, whose lineage is established.

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SiP 7.1 17.28

क्रतोः क्रतुसमान्भार्या सन्नतिस्सुषुवे सुतान् नैषां भार्याश्च पुत्राश्च सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः

kratoḥ kratusamānbhāryā sannatissuṣuve sutān naiṣāṃ bhāryāśca putrāśca sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ

To Kratu his wife Sannati bore sons equal to Kratu; they have neither wives nor sons, for all of them keep their seed drawn upward.

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SiP 7.1 17.29

षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि वालखिल्या इति स्मृताः अनूरोरग्रतो यांति परिवार्य दिवाकरम्

ṣaṣṭistāni sahasrāṇi vālakhilyā iti smṛtāḥ anūroragrato yāṃti parivārya divākaram

They are sixty thousand, and are known as the Vālakhilyas; they go in front of Anūru (Aruṇa), encircling the sun.

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SiP 7.1 17.30

अत्रेर्भार्यानुसूया च पञ्चात्रेयानसूयत कन्यकां च श्रुतिं नाम माता शंखपदस्य च

atrerbhāryānusūyā ca pañcātreyānasūyata kanyakāṃ ca śrutiṃ nāma mātā śaṃkhapadasya ca

And Anasūyā, Atri's wife, bore five Ātreyas and a girl named Śruti, the mother of Śaṅkhapada.

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SiP 7.1 17.31

सत्यनेत्रश्च हव्यश्च आपोमूर्तिश्शनैश्चरः सोमश्च पञ्चमस्त्वेते पञ्चात्रेयाः प्रकीर्तिताः

satyanetraśca havyaśca āpomūrtiśśanaiścaraḥ somaśca pañcamastvete pañcātreyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

Satyanetra, Havya, Āpomūrti, Śanaiścara, and Soma the fifth — these are declared to be the five Ātreyas.

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SiP 7.1 17.32

तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च ह्यात्रेयाणां महात्मनाम् स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे ऽतीताः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca hyātreyāṇāṃ mahātmanām svāyaṃbhuve 'ṃtare 'tītāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

The sons and grandsons of those great-souled Ātreyas passed away in the Svāyambhuva interval, by hundreds and by thousands.

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SiP 7.1 17.33

ऊर्जायां तु वसिष्ठस्य पुत्रा वै सप्त जज्ञिरे ज्यायसी च स्वसा तेषां पुंडरीका सुमध्यमा

ūrjāyāṃ tu vasiṣṭhasya putrā vai sapta jajñire jyāyasī ca svasā teṣāṃ puṃḍarīkā sumadhyamā

In Ūrjā seven sons were born to Vasiṣṭha, and their elder sister, the fair-waisted Puṇḍarīkā.

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SiP 7.1 17.34

रजो गात्रोर्ध्वबाहू च सवनश्चानयश्च यः सुतपाश्शुक्र इत्येते सप्त सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः

rajo gātrordhvabāhū ca savanaścānayaśca yaḥ sutapāśśukra ityete sapta saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Raja, Gātra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Savana, and he who is Anagha (Anaya), Sutapas and Śukra — these seven are remembered as the seven seers.

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SiP 7.1 17.35

गोत्राणि नामभिस्तेषां वासिष्ठानां महात्मनाम् स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे ऽतीतान्यर्बुदानि शतानि च

gotrāṇi nāmabhisteṣāṃ vāsiṣṭhānāṃ mahātmanām svāyaṃbhuve 'ṃtare 'tītānyarbudāni śatāni ca

The lineages (gotras) of those great-souled descendants of Vasiṣṭha (are known) by their names; in the Svāyambhuva interval they passed away, hundreds of crores (of them).

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SiP 7.1 17.36

इत्येष ऋषिसर्गस्तु सानुबंधः प्रकीर्तितः समासाद्विस्तराद्वक्तुमशक्यो ऽयमिति द्विजाः

ityeṣa ṛṣisargastu sānubaṃdhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ samāsādvistarādvaktumaśakyo 'yamiti dvijāḥ

Thus this creation of the seers, together with its ramifications, has been proclaimed in brief; it cannot be told at length, O twice-born ones.

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SiP 7.1 17.37

यो ऽसौ रुद्रात्मको बह्निब्रह्मणो मानसस्सुतः स्वाहा तस्य प्रिया लेभे पुत्रांस्त्रीनमितौजसः

yo 'sau rudrātmako bahnibrahmaṇo mānasassutaḥ svāhā tasya priyā lebhe putrāṃstrīnamitaujasaḥ

He who is of Rudra's nature, the Fire, the mind-born son of Brahmā — his beloved was Svāhā; (from her) he obtained three sons of measureless power.

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SiP 7.1 17.38

पावकः पवमानश्च शुचिरित्येष ते त्रयः निर्मंथ्यः पवमानस्स्याद्वैद्युतः पावकस्स्मृतः

pāvakaḥ pavamānaśca śucirityeṣa te trayaḥ nirmaṃthyaḥ pavamānassyādvaidyutaḥ pāvakassmṛtaḥ

Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and Śuci — these are the three of them: Pavamāna is the fire produced by churning, and Pāvaka is remembered as the one born of lightning.

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SiP 7.1 17.39

सूर्ये तपति यश्चासौ शुचिः सौर उदाहृतः हव्यवाहः कव्यवाहः सहरक्षा इति त्रयः

sūrye tapati yaścāsau śuciḥ saura udāhṛtaḥ havyavāhaḥ kavyavāhaḥ saharakṣā iti trayaḥ

And he who burns in the sun, Śuci, is declared to be the solar (fire). Havyavāha, Kavyavāha, and Saharakṣas — these three (are their forms).

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SiP 7.1 17.40

त्रयाणां क्रमशः पुत्रा देवपितृसुराश्च ते ५१९ब् एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च चत्वारिंशन्नवैव ते

trayāṇāṃ kramaśaḥ putrā devapitṛsurāśca te 519b eteṣāṃ putrapautrāśca catvāriṃśannavaiva te

The sons of the three, in order, are (the fires) of the gods, of the fathers, and of the asuras; and the sons and grandsons of these are forty-nine.

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SiP 7.1 17.41

काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रकर्मसु त्रिषु संस्थिताः सर्वे तपस्विनो ज्ञेयाः सर्वे व्रतभृतस्तथा

kāmyanaimittikājasrakarmasu triṣu saṃsthitāḥ sarve tapasvino jñeyāḥ sarve vratabhṛtastathā

They are established in the three (kinds of) rites — the optional, the occasional, and the perpetual; all are to be known as ascetics, and all likewise as observers of vows.

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SiP 7.1 17.42

सर्वे रुद्रात्मकश्चैव सर्वे रुद्रपरायणाः तस्मादग्निमुखे यत्तद्धुतं स्यादेव केनचित्

sarve rudrātmakaścaiva sarve rudraparāyaṇāḥ tasmādagnimukhe yattaddhutaṃ syādeva kenacit

All are of the nature of Rudra, all have Rudra as their highest resort; therefore whatever is offered by anyone into the mouth of fire —

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SiP 7.1 17.43

तत्सर्वं रुद्रमुद्दिश्य दत्तं स्यान्नात्र संशयः इत्येवं निश्चयोग्नीनामनुक्रांतो यथातथम्

tatsarvaṃ rudramuddiśya dattaṃ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ ityevaṃ niścayognīnāmanukrāṃto yathātatham

all that is given with reference to Rudra; there is no doubt in this. Thus the determination concerning the fires has been set forth just as it is.

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SiP 7.1 17.44

नातिविस्तरतो विप्राः पित्ःन्वक्ष्याम्यतः परम् यस्मात्षडृतवस्तेषां स्थानं स्थानाभिमानिनाम्

nātivistarato viprāḥ pitḥnvakṣyāmyataḥ param yasmātṣaḍṛtavasteṣāṃ sthānaṃ sthānābhimāninām

Not at too great length, O brahmins, I shall speak of the fathers hereafter; since the six seasons are the station of those (fathers) who preside over stations —

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SiP 7.1 17.45

ऋतवः पितरस्तस्मादित्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः युष्मादृतुषु सर्वे हि जायंते स्थास्नुजंगमा

ṛtavaḥ pitarastasmādityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ yuṣmādṛtuṣu sarve hi jāyaṃte sthāsnujaṃgamā

therefore the seasons are the fathers: this is the Vedic revelation. For in the seasons all beings, standing and moving, are born from you.

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SiP 7.1 17.46

तस्मादेते पितर आर्तवा इति च श्रुतम् एवं पित्ःणामेतेषामृतुकालाभिमानिनाम्

tasmādete pitara ārtavā iti ca śrutam evaṃ pitḥṇāmeteṣāmṛtukālābhimāninām

Therefore these fathers are called 'seasonal' — so it is heard. Thus of these fathers, who preside over the seasonal times,

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SiP 7.1 17.47

आत्मैश्वर्या महात्मानस्तिष्ठंतीहाब्भ्रसंगमात् आग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः पितरो द्विविधाः स्मृताः

ātmaiśvaryā mahātmānastiṣṭhaṃtīhābbhrasaṃgamāt āgniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ pitaro dvividhāḥ smṛtāḥ

the great-souled ones, whose lordship is over themselves, abide here by the conjunction of waters and clouds. The fathers are remembered as of two kinds: the Agniṣvāttas and the Barhiṣads.

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SiP 7.1 17.48

अयज्वानश्च यज्वानः क्रमात्ते मृहमेधिनः स्वधासूत पितृभ्यश्च द्वे कन्ये लोकविश्रुते

ayajvānaśca yajvānaḥ kramātte mṛhamedhinaḥ svadhāsūta pitṛbhyaśca dve kanye lokaviśrute

Respectively they are the non-sacrificers and the sacrificers, the householders. Svadhā bore for the fathers two daughters famed in the world,

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SiP 7.1 17.49

मेनां च धरणीं चैव याभ्यां विश्वमिदं धृतम् अग्निष्वात्तसुता मेना धरणी बर्हिषत्सुता

menāṃ ca dharaṇīṃ caiva yābhyāṃ viśvamidaṃ dhṛtam agniṣvāttasutā menā dharaṇī barhiṣatsutā

Menā and Dharaṇī, by whom this universe is upheld: Menā the daughter of the Agniṣvāttas, Dharaṇī the daughter of the Barhiṣads.

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SiP 7.1 17.50

मेना हिमवतः पत्नी मैनाकं क्रौंचमेव च गौरीं गंगां च सुषुवे भवांगाश्लेषपावनीम्

menā himavataḥ patnī mainākaṃ krauṃcameva ca gaurīṃ gaṃgāṃ ca suṣuve bhavāṃgāśleṣapāvanīm

Menā, the wife of Himavat, bore Maināka and Krauñca, and Gaurī, and Gaṅgā, who purifies by contact with Bhava's body.

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SiP 7.1 17.51

मेरोस्तु धरणी पत्नी दिव्यौषधिसमन्वितम् मंदरं सुषुवे पुत्रं चित्रिसुन्दरकन्धरम्

merostu dharaṇī patnī divyauṣadhisamanvitam maṃdaraṃ suṣuve putraṃ citrisundarakandharam

Dharaṇī was the wife of Meru; she bore as her son Mandara, endowed with divine herbs, with a variegated and beautiful slope.

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SiP 7.1 17.52

स एव मंदरः श्रीमान्मेरुपुत्रस्तपोबलात् साक्षाच्छ्रीकंठनाथस्य शिवस्यावसथं गतः

sa eva maṃdaraḥ śrīmānmeruputrastapobalāt sākṣācchrīkaṃṭhanāthasya śivasyāvasathaṃ gataḥ

That very glorious Mandara, son of Meru, by the power of his austerity became the dwelling place of Śiva himself, the lord Śrīkaṇṭha.

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SiP 7.1 17.53

सासूता धरणी भूयस्त्रिंशत्कन्याश्च विश्रुताः वेलां च नियतिं चैव तृतीयामपि चायतिम्

sāsūtā dharaṇī bhūyastriṃśatkanyāśca viśrutāḥ velāṃ ca niyatiṃ caiva tṛtīyāmapi cāyatim

Dharaṇī further bore thirty renowned daughters: Velā, and Niyati, and the third, Āyati.

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SiP 7.1 17.54

आयतिर्नियतिश्चैव पत्न्यौ द्वे भृगुपुत्रयोः स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे पूर्वं कथितस्ते तदन्वयः

āyatirniyatiścaiva patnyau dve bhṛguputrayoḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ṃtare pūrvaṃ kathitaste tadanvayaḥ

Āyati and Niyati were the two wives of the two sons of Bhṛgu; that lineage of theirs was told to you earlier, in the Svāyaṃbhuva interval (manvantara).

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SiP 7.1 17.55

सुषुवे सागराद्वेला कन्यामेकामनिंदिताम् सवर्णां नाम सामुद्रीं पत्नीं प्राचीनबर्हिषः

suṣuve sāgarādvelā kanyāmekāmaniṃditām savarṇāṃ nāma sāmudrīṃ patnīṃ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ

Velā bore to the Ocean one blameless daughter, Savarṇā by name, the ocean-born, the wife of Prācīnabarhis.

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SiP 7.1 17.56

सामुद्री सुषुवे पुत्रान्दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः सर्वे प्राचेतसा नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः

sāmudrī suṣuve putrāndaśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ sarve prācetasā nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ

The ocean's daughter bore to Prācīnabarhis ten sons, all named the Prācetasas, masters of the science of archery.

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SiP 7.1 17.57

येषां स्वायंभुवे दक्षः पुत्रत्वमगमत्पुरा त्रियम्बकस्य शापेन चाक्षुषस्यांतरे मनोः

yeṣāṃ svāyaṃbhuve dakṣaḥ putratvamagamatpurā triyambakasya śāpena cākṣuṣasyāṃtare manoḥ

Among whom Dakṣa formerly, in the Svāyaṃbhuva (interval), attained the state of being a son, by the curse of Tryambaka, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa.

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SiP 7.1 17.58

इत्येते ब्रह्मपुत्राणां धर्मादीनाम्महात्मनाम् नातिसंक्षेपतो विप्रा नाति विस्तरतः क्रमात्

ityete brahmaputrāṇāṃ dharmādīnāmmahātmanām nātisaṃkṣepato viprā nāti vistarataḥ kramāt

Thus, O brāhmaṇas, these (lineages) of the great-souled sons of Brahmā, Dharma and the rest, (have been told) in order, neither too briefly nor at too great length.

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SiP 7.1 17.59

वर्णिता वै मया वंशा दिव्या देवगणान्विताः क्रियावंतः प्रजावंतो महर्धिभिरलंकृताः

varṇitā vai mayā vaṃśā divyā devagaṇānvitāḥ kriyāvaṃtaḥ prajāvaṃto mahardhibhiralaṃkṛtāḥ

The divine lineages, accompanied by the hosts of gods, have indeed been described by me — performers of rites, possessed of offspring, adorned with great prosperity.

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SiP 7.1 17.60

प्रजानां संनिवेशो ऽयं प्रजापतिसमुद्भवः न हि शक्यः प्रसंख्यातुं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि

prajānāṃ saṃniveśo 'yaṃ prajāpatisamudbhavaḥ na hi śakyaḥ prasaṃkhyātuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi

This assemblage of creatures, arisen from Prajāpati, cannot be counted even in hundreds of tens of millions of years.

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SiP 7.1 17.61

राज्ञामपि च यो वंशो द्विधा सो ऽपि प्रवर्तते सूर्यवंशस्सोमवंश इति पुण्यतमः क्षितौ

rājñāmapi ca yo vaṃśo dvidhā so 'pi pravartate sūryavaṃśassomavaṃśa iti puṇyatamaḥ kṣitau

And the lineage of kings too proceeds in two ways: as the Solar line and the Lunar line, most meritorious upon the earth.

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SiP 7.1 17.62

५२०अ इक्ष्वाकुरम्बरीषश्च ययातिर्नाहुषादयः पुण्यश्लोकाः श्रुता ये ऽत्र ते पि तद्वंशसंभवाः

520a ikṣvākurambarīṣaśca yayātirnāhuṣādayaḥ puṇyaślokāḥ śrutā ye 'tra te pi tadvaṃśasaṃbhavāḥ

Ikṣvāku and Ambarīṣa, and Yayāti, Nāhuṣa and the rest, those of meritorious fame who have been heard of here — they too were born in that lineage.

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SiP 7.1 17.63

अन्ये च राजऋषयो नानावीर्यसमन्विता किं तैः फलमनुत्क्रांतैरुक्तपूर्वैः पुरातनैः

anye ca rājaṛṣayo nānāvīryasamanvitā kiṃ taiḥ phalamanutkrāṃtairuktapūrvaiḥ purātanaiḥ

And there are other royal sages endowed with various kinds of valour; what profit is there in (recounting) them, who have not been passed over, who were spoken of before, who are of old?

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SiP 7.1 17.64

किं चेश्वरकथा वृत्ता यत्र तत्रान्यकीर्तनम् न सद्भिः संमतं मत्वा नोत्सहे बहुभाषितुम्

kiṃ ceśvarakathā vṛttā yatra tatrānyakīrtanam na sadbhiḥ saṃmataṃ matvā notsahe bahubhāṣitum

And further, where the story of the Lord is in progress, praise of another (there) is not approved by the good — thinking so, I have no wish to speak at length.

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SiP 7.1 17.65

प्रसंगादीश्वरस्यैव प्रभावद्योतनादपि सर्गादयो ऽपि कथिता इत्यत्र तत्प्रविस्तरैः

prasaṃgādīśvarasyaiva prabhāvadyotanādapi sargādayo 'pi kathitā ityatra tatpravistaraiḥ

Incidentally, and also for the sake of illuminating the Lord's own majesty, the creation and the rest have been recounted — so much here, with these elaborations of it.

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