Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1 — Chapter 10
ViP 1 10.1
कथितं मे त्वया सर्वं यत् पृष्टो ऽसि महामुने भृगुसर्गात् प्रभृत्य् एष सर्गो मे कथ्यतां पुनः ॥
kathitaṃ me tvayā sarvaṃ yat pṛṣṭo 'si mahāmune bhṛgusargāt prabhṛty eṣa sargo me kathyatāṃ punaḥ //
"All that you were asked has been told me by you, great sage; let this creation be told me again, beginning from the creation of Bhṛgu."
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ViP 1 10.2
भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुत्पन्ना लक्ष्मीर् विष्णुपरिग्रहः तथा धातृविधातारौ ख्यात्यां जातौ सुतौ भृगोः ॥
bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannā lakṣmīr viṣṇuparigrahaḥ tathā dhātṛvidhātārau khyātyāṃ jātau sutau bhṛgoḥ //
From Bhṛgu, in Khyāti, was born Lakṣmī, the consort of Viṣṇu; likewise Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ were born of Khyāti as the two sons of Bhṛgu.
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ViP 1 10.3
आयतिर् नियतिश् चैव मेरोः कन्ये महात्मनः धातृविधात्रोस् ते भार्ये तयोर् जातौ सुताव् उभौ ॥
āyatir niyatiś caiva meroḥ kanye mahātmanaḥ dhātṛvidhātros te bhārye tayor jātau sutāv ubhau //
Āyati and Niyati, the two daughters of the great-souled Meru, were the wives of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ; of those two, two sons were born.
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ViP 1 10.4
प्राणश् चैव मृकण्डुश् च मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डुतः ततो वेदशिरा जज्ञे प्राणस्यापि सुतं शृणु ॥
prāṇaś caiva mṛkaṇḍuś ca mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍutaḥ tato vedaśirā jajñe prāṇasyāpi sutaṃ śṛṇu //
Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍu; from Mṛkaṇḍu (came) Mārkaṇḍeya, and from him Vedaśiras was born. Hear now the son of Prāṇa also.
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ViP 1 10.5
प्राणस्य द्युतिमान् पुत्रो राजवांश् च ततो ऽभवत् ततो वंशो महाभाग विस्तारं भार्गवो गतः ॥
prāṇasya dyutimān putro rājavāṃś ca tato 'bhavat tato vaṃśo mahābhāga vistāraṃ bhārgavo gataḥ //
Prāṇa's son was Dyutimat, and from him came Rājavat; from him, O greatly fortunate one, the Bhārgava line went to expansion.
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ViP 1 10.6
पत्नी मरीचेः संभूतिः पौर्णमासम् असूयत विरजाः पर्वतश् चैव तस्य पुत्रौ महात्मनः ॥
patnī marīceḥ saṃbhūtiḥ paurṇamāsam asūyata virajāḥ parvataś caiva tasya putrau mahātmanaḥ //
Marīci's wife Saṃbhūti bore Paurṇamāsa; Virajas and Parvata were the two sons of that great-souled one.
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ViP 1 10.7
वंशसंकीर्तने पुत्रान् वदिष्ये ऽहं ततो द्विज स्मृतिश् चाङ्गिरसः पत्नी प्रसूता कन्यकास् तथा सिनीवाली कुहूश् चैव राका चानुमती तथा ॥
vaṃśasaṃkīrtane putrān vadiṣye 'haṃ tato dvija smṛtiś cāṅgirasaḥ patnī prasūtā kanyakās tathā sinīvālī kuhūś caiva rākā cānumatī tathā //
In this recital of the lineage I shall next tell of (their) sons, O twice-born. And Smṛti, the wife of Aṅgiras, brought forth daughters: Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati.
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ViP 1 10.8
अनसूया तथैवात्रेर् जज्ञे पुत्रान् अकल्मषान् सोमं दुर्वाससं चैव दत्तात्रेयं च योगिनम् ॥
anasūyā tathaivātrer jajñe putrān akalmaṣān somaṃ durvāsasaṃ caiva dattātreyaṃ ca yoginam //
Likewise Anasūyā bore to Atri faultless sons: Soma, Durvāsas, and Dattātreya the yogin.
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ViP 1 10.9
प्रीत्यां पुलस्त्यभार्यायां दत्तोलिस् तत्सुतो ऽभवत् पूर्वजन्मनि सो ऽगस्त्यः स्मृतः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे ॥
prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ dattolis tatsuto 'bhavat pūrvajanmani so 'gastyaḥ smṛtaḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare //
To Prīti, Pulastya's wife, was born his son Dattoli, who in a former birth, in the Svāyambhuva period, is recorded to have been Agastya.
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ViP 1 10.10
कर्दमश् चार्वरीवांश् च सहिष्णुश् च सुतत्रयम् क्षमा तु सुषुवे भार्या पुलहस्य प्रजापतेः ॥
kardamaś cārvarīvāṃś ca sahiṣṇuś ca sutatrayam kṣamā tu suṣuve bhāryā pulahasya prajāpateḥ //
And Kṣamā, the wife of Pulaha the Prajāpati, bore three sons: Kardama, Arvarīvān, and Sahiṣṇu.
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ViP 1 10.11
क्रतोश् च सन्नतिर् भार्या वालखिल्यान् असूयत षष्टिस् तानि सहस्राणि ऋषीणाम् ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् अङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्राणां ज्वलद्भास्करतेजसाम् ॥
kratoś ca sannatir bhāryā vālakhilyān asūyata ṣaṣṭis tāni sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇām ūrdhvaretasām aṅguṣṭhaparvamātrāṇāṃ jvaladbhāskaratejasām //
And Sannati, the wife of Kratu, bore the Vālakhilyas — those sixty thousand sages of upward-flowing seed, each the size of a thumb-joint, with the brilliance of the blazing sun.
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ViP 1 10.12
ऊर्जायां च वसिष्ठस्य सप्ताजायन्त वै सुताः ॥
ūrjāyāṃ ca vasiṣṭhasya saptājāyanta vai sutāḥ //
And to Ūrjā seven sons were born of Vasiṣṭha.
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ViP 1 10.13
रजो गोत्रोर्ध्वबाहुश् च सवनश् चानघस् तथा सुतपाः शुक्र इत्य् एते सर्वे सप्तर्षयो ऽमलाः ॥
rajo gotrordhvabāhuś ca savanaś cānaghas tathā sutapāḥ śukra ity ete sarve saptarṣayo 'malāḥ //
Rajas, Gotra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas and Śukra — all these are the spotless seven sages.
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ViP 1 10.14
यो ऽसाव् अग्निर् अभिमानी ब्रह्मणस् तनयो ऽग्रजः तस्मात् स्वाहा सुतांल् लेभे त्रीन् उदारौजसो द्विज ॥
yo 'sāv agnir abhimānī brahmaṇas tanayo 'grajaḥ tasmāt svāhā sutāṃl lebhe trīn udāraujaso dvija //
That Agni who is called Abhimānin, the eldest son of Brahmā — from him Svāhā obtained three sons of exalted energy, O twice-born.
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ViP 1 10.15
पावकं पवमानं च शुचिं चापि जलाशिनम् ॥
pāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciṃ cāpi jalāśinam //
Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and Śuci, who feeds on water.
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ViP 1 10.16
तेषां तु संतताव् अन्ये चत्वारिंशच् च पञ्च च कथ्यन्ते वह्नयश् चैते पिता पुत्रत्रयं च यत् ॥
teṣāṃ tu saṃtatāv anye catvāriṃśac ca pañca ca kathyante vahnayaś caite pitā putratrayaṃ ca yat //
But in their progeny others are told of, forty and five fires; and these fires, together with the father and the three sons—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 10.17
एवम् एकोनपञ्चाशद् वह्नयः परिकीर्तिताः ॥
evam ekonapañcāśad vahnayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ //
thus forty-nine fires are enumerated.
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ViP 1 10.18
पितरो ब्रह्मणा सृष्टा व्याख्याता ये मया तव अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदो ऽनग्नयः साग्नयश् च ये ॥
pitaro brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā vyākhyātā ye mayā tava agniṣvāttā barhiṣado 'nagnayaḥ sāgnayaś ca ye //
The Pitṛs created by Brahmā, whom I have explained to you, are the Agniṣvāttas and the Barhiṣads, those without fires and those with fires.
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ViP 1 10.19
तेभ्यः स्वधा सुते जज्ञे मेनां वै धारिणीं तथा ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ चाप्य् उभे द्विज ॥
tebhyaḥ svadhā sute jajñe menāṃ vai dhāriṇīṃ tathā te ubhe brahmavādinyau yoginyau cāpy ubhe dvija //
To them Svadhā bore two daughters, Menā and Dhāriṇī; both of them were expounders of brahman and both were yoginīs, O twice-born,
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ViP 1 10.20
उत्तमज्ञानसंपन्ने सर्वैः समुदितैर् गुणैः ॥
uttamajñānasaṃpanne sarvaiḥ samuditair guṇaiḥ //
endowed with the highest knowledge and with all the virtues combined.
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ViP 1 10.21
इत्य् एषा दक्षकन्यानां कथितापत्यसंततिः श्रद्धावान् संस्मरन्न् एताम् अनपत्यो न जायते ॥
ity eṣā dakṣakanyānāṃ kathitāpatyasaṃtatiḥ śraddhāvān saṃsmarann etām anapatyo na jāyate //
Thus this succession of the offspring of Dakṣa's daughters has been told; a man of faith who remembers it does not become childless.
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