Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1 — Chapter 8
ViP 1 8.1
कथितस् तामसः सर्गो ब्रह्मणस् ते महामुने रुद्रसर्गं प्रवक्ष्यामि तन् मे निगदतः शृणु ॥
kathitas tāmasaḥ sargo brahmaṇas te mahāmune rudrasargaṃ pravakṣyāmi tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu //
The dark (tāmasa) creation of Brahmā has been told to you, O great sage; I shall now declare the creation of Rudra — hear that from me as I recount it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.2
कल्पादाव् आत्मनस् तुल्यं सुतं प्रध्यायतस् ततः प्रादुर् आसीत् प्रभोर् अङ्के कुमारो नीललोहितः ॥
kalpādāv ātmanas tulyaṃ sutaṃ pradhyāyatas tataḥ prādur āsīt prabhor aṅke kumāro nīlalohitaḥ //
At the beginning of the kalpa, as (Brahmā) was meditating upon a son equal to himself, there then appeared in the lap of the Lord a boy, dark-blue and red.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.3
रुदन् वै सुस्वरं सो ऽथ द्रवंश् च द्विजसत्तम किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं प्रत्युवाच ह ॥
rudan vai susvaraṃ so 'tha dravaṃś ca dvijasattama kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ pratyuvāca ha //
He wept loudly and ran about, O best of the twice-born; and Brahmā said to him as he wept, "Why do you weep?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.4
नाम देहीति तं सो ऽथ प्रत्युवाच प्रजापतिः रुद्रस् त्वं देव नाम्नासि मा रोदीर् धैर्यम् आवह एवम् उक्तः पुनः सो ऽथ सप्तकृत्वो रुरोद वै ॥
nāma dehīti taṃ so 'tha pratyuvāca prajāpatiḥ rudras tvaṃ deva nāmnāsi mā rodīr dhairyam āvaha evam uktaḥ punaḥ so 'tha saptakṛtvo ruroda vai //
"Give (me) a name," (he said); then Prajāpati answered him: "You are Rudra by name, O god; do not weep, take courage." Though thus addressed, he wept again seven times over.
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ViP 1 8.5
ततो ऽन्यानि ददौ तस्मै सप्त नामानि स प्रभुः स्थानानि चैषाम् अष्टानां पत्नीः पुत्रांश् च वै विभुः ॥
tato 'nyāni dadau tasmai sapta nāmāni sa prabhuḥ sthānāni caiṣām aṣṭānāṃ patnīḥ putrāṃś ca vai vibhuḥ //
Then that lord gave him seven other names, and the mighty one (assigned) the stations of these eight, and their wives and sons.
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ViP 1 8.6
भवं शर्वम् अथेशानं तथा पशुपतिं द्विज भीमम् उग्रं महादेवम् उवाच स पितामहः ॥
bhavaṃ śarvam atheśānaṃ tathā paśupatiṃ dvija bhīmam ugraṃ mahādevam uvāca sa pitāmahaḥ //
Bhava, Śarva, then Īśāna, and Paśupati, O twice-born, Bhīma, Ugra, Mahādeva — so the Grandfather named him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.7
चक्रे नामान्य् अथैतानि स्थानान्य् एषां चकार सः सूर्यो जलं मही वायुर् वह्निर् आकाशम् एव च दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः सोम इत्य् एतास् तनवः क्रमात् ॥
cakre nāmāny athaitāni sthānāny eṣāṃ cakāra saḥ sūryo jalaṃ mahī vāyur vahnir ākāśam eva ca dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ soma ity etās tanavaḥ kramāt //
He made these names, and he assigned their stations: the sun, water, earth, wind, fire, and space, the consecrated brahmin, and the moon — these are their bodies, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.8
सुवर्चला तथैवोषा विकेशी चापरा शिवा स्वाहा दिशस् तथा दीक्षा रोहिणी च यथाक्रमम् ॥
suvarcalā tathaivoṣā vikeśī cāparā śivā svāhā diśas tathā dīkṣā rohiṇī ca yathākramam //
Suvarcalā, and likewise Uṣā, Vikeśī, and the next, Śivā, Svāhā, the Directions, and Dīkṣā, and Rohiṇī, in that order —
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ViP 1 8.9
सूर्यादीनां नरश्रेष्ठ रुद्राद्यैर् नामभिः सह पत्न्यः स्मृता महाभाग तदपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥
sūryādīnāṃ naraśreṣṭha rudrādyair nāmabhiḥ saha patnyaḥ smṛtā mahābhāga tadapatyāni me śṛṇu //
these, O best of men, are recorded as the wives of the sun and the rest, along with the names Rudra and the rest, O greatly fortunate one; hear from me their offspring,
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ViP 1 8.10
येषां सूतिप्रसूतैश् च इदम् आपूरितं जगत् ॥
yeṣāṃ sūtiprasūtaiś ca idam āpūritaṃ jagat //
by whose births and by what was born of them this world has been filled.
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ViP 1 8.11
शनैश्चरस् तथा शुक्रो लोहिताङ्गो मनोजवः स्कन्दः स्वर्गो ऽथ सन्तानो बुधश् चानुक्रमात् सुताः ॥
śanaiścaras tathā śukro lohitāṅgo manojavaḥ skandaḥ svargo 'tha santāno budhaś cānukramāt sutāḥ //
Śanaiścara (Saturn), Śukra (Venus), Lohitāṅga (Mars), Manojava, Skanda, Svarga, then Santāna, and Budha (Mercury) — (these are) the sons in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.12
एवंप्रकारो रुद्रो ऽसौ सतीं भार्याम् अविन्दत दक्षकोपाच् च तत्याज सा सती स्वं कलेवरम् ॥
evaṃprakāro rudro 'sau satīṃ bhāryām avindata dakṣakopāc ca tatyāja sā satī svaṃ kalevaram //
That Rudra, of such a kind, took Satī as his wife, and out of anger at Dakṣa that Satī abandoned her own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.13
हिमवद्दुहिता साभून् मेनायां द्विजसत्तम उपयेमे पुनश् चोमाम् अनन्यां भगवान् भवः ॥
himavadduhitā sābhūn menāyāṃ dvijasattama upayeme punaś comām ananyāṃ bhagavān bhavaḥ //
She became the daughter of Himavat by Menā, O best of the twice-born, and the Lord Bhava again married Umā, who belongs to no other.
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ViP 1 8.14
देवौ धातृविधातारौ भृगोः ख्यातिर् असूयत श्रियं च देवदेवस्य पत्नी नारायणस्य या ॥
devau dhātṛvidhātārau bhṛgoḥ khyātir asūyata śriyaṃ ca devadevasya patnī nārāyaṇasya yā //
Khyāti, (wife) of Bhṛgu, bore the two gods Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, and Śrī, who is the wife of Nārāyaṇa, the god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.15
क्षीराब्धौ श्रीः समुत्पन्ना श्रूयते ऽमृतमन्थने भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुत्पन्नेत्य् एतद् आह कथं भवान् ॥
kṣīrābdhau śrīḥ samutpannā śrūyate 'mṛtamanthane bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannety etad āha kathaṃ bhavān //
It is heard that Śrī arose in the ocean of milk at the churning for the nectar; how is it that you say she arose from Khyāti, (wife) of Bhṛgu?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.16
नित्यैवैषा जगन्माता विष्णोः श्रीर् अनपायिनी यथा सर्वगतो विष्णुस् तथैवेयं द्विजोत्तम ॥
nityaivaiṣā jaganmātā viṣṇoḥ śrīr anapāyinī yathā sarvagato viṣṇus tathaiveyaṃ dvijottama //
Eternal indeed is she, the mother of the world, Śrī, who never departs from Viṣṇu; as Viṣṇu is all-pervading, just so is she, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.17
अर्थो विष्णुर् इयं वाणी नीतिर् एषा नयो हरिः बोधो विष्णुर् इयं बुद्धिर् धर्मो ऽसौ सत्क्रिया त्व् इयम् ॥
artho viṣṇur iyaṃ vāṇī nītir eṣā nayo hariḥ bodho viṣṇur iyaṃ buddhir dharmo 'sau satkriyā tv iyam //
Viṣṇu is meaning, she is speech; she is polity, Hari is policy; Viṣṇu is understanding, she is intellect; he is dharma, and she is right action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.18
स्रष्टा विष्णुर् इयं सृष्टिः श्रीर् भूमिर् भूधरो हरिः संतोषो भगवांल् लक्ष्मीस् तुष्टिर् मैत्रेय शाश्वती ॥
sraṣṭā viṣṇur iyaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ śrīr bhūmir bhūdharo hariḥ saṃtoṣo bhagavāṃl lakṣmīs tuṣṭir maitreya śāśvatī //
Viṣṇu is the creator, she is creation; Śrī is the earth, Hari the earth-bearer; the Lord is contentment, and Lakṣmī, O Maitreya, is everlasting satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.19
इच्छा श्रीर् भगवान् कामो यज्ञो ऽसौ दक्षिणा तु सा आज्याहुतिर् असौ देवी पुरोडाशो जनार्दनः ॥
icchā śrīr bhagavān kāmo yajño 'sau dakṣiṇā tu sā ājyāhutir asau devī puroḍāśo janārdanaḥ //
Śrī is wish, the Lord is desire; he is the sacrifice, and she is the sacrificial fee; the goddess is the offering of ghee, Janārdana the sacrificial cake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.20
पत्नीशाला मुने लक्ष्मीः प्राग्वंशो मधुसूदनः चितिर् लक्ष्मीर् हरिर् यूप इध्मा श्रीर् भगवान् कुशः ॥
patnīśālā mune lakṣmīḥ prāgvaṃśo madhusūdanaḥ citir lakṣmīr harir yūpa idhmā śrīr bhagavān kuśaḥ //
Lakṣmī, O sage, is the wives' hall, Madhusūdana the front hall (of the sacrificial enclosure); Lakṣmī is the altar-mound, Hari the sacrificial post; Śrī is the firewood, the Lord the kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.21
सामस्वरूपी भगवान् उद्गीतिः कमलालया स्वाहा लक्ष्मीर् जगन्नाथो वासुदेवो हुताशनः ॥
sāmasvarūpī bhagavān udgītiḥ kamalālayā svāhā lakṣmīr jagannātho vāsudevo hutāśanaḥ //
The Lord has the form of the Sāman, she who dwells in the lotus is the chant; Lakṣmī is Svāhā, the Lord of the world, Vāsudeva, is the fire that consumes the offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.22
शंकरो भगवाञ् छौरिर् गौरी लक्ष्मीर् द्विजोत्तम मैत्रेय केशवः सूर्यस् तत्प्रभा कमलालया ॥
śaṃkaro bhagavāñ chaurir gaurī lakṣmīr dvijottama maitreya keśavaḥ sūryas tatprabhā kamalālayā //
The Lord Śauri is Śaṃkara, Lakṣmī is Gaurī, O best of the twice-born; Keśava, O Maitreya, is the sun, and she who dwells in the lotus is its radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.23
विष्णुः पितृगणः पद्मा स्वधा शाश्वतपुष्टिदा द्यौः श्रीः सर्वात्मको विष्णुर् अवकाशो ऽतिविस्तरः ॥
viṣṇuḥ pitṛgaṇaḥ padmā svadhā śāśvatapuṣṭidā dyauḥ śrīḥ sarvātmako viṣṇur avakāśo 'tivistaraḥ //
Viṣṇu is the host of the fathers, Padmā is the svadhā offering, giver of everlasting nourishment; Śrī is the sky, and all-souled Viṣṇu is space, of vast extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.24
शशाङ्कः श्रीधरः कान्तिः श्रीस् तस्यैवानपायिनी धृतिर् लक्ष्मीर् जगच्चेष्टा वायुः सर्वत्रगो हरिः ॥
śaśāṅkaḥ śrīdharaḥ kāntiḥ śrīs tasyaivānapāyinī dhṛtir lakṣmīr jagacceṣṭā vāyuḥ sarvatrago hariḥ //
The moon is the bearer of Śrī, and Śrī is his beauty, never departing from him; Lakṣmī is steadiness, Hari the all-pervading wind, the world's activity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 8.25
जलधिर् द्विज गोविन्दस् तद्वेला श्रीर् महामते लक्ष्मीस्वरूपम् इन्द्राणी देवेन्द्रो मधुसूदनः ॥
jaladhir dvija govindas tadvelā śrīr mahāmate lakṣmīsvarūpam indrāṇī devendro madhusūdanaḥ //
The ocean, O twice-born, is Govinda, and its shore is Śrī, O great-minded one; Indrāṇī is the very form of Lakṣmī, and Madhusūdana is the lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.26
यमश् चक्रधरः साक्षाद् धूमोर्णा कमलालया ऋद्धिः श्रीः श्रीधरो देवः स्वयम् एव धनेश्वरः ॥
yamaś cakradharaḥ sākṣād dhūmorṇā kamalālayā ṛddhiḥ śrīḥ śrīdharo devaḥ svayam eva dhaneśvaraḥ //
Yama is directly the bearer of the discus, and she who dwells in the lotus is Dhūmorṇā; Śrī is Ṛddhi, and the god Śrīdhara is himself the lord of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.27
गौरी लक्ष्मीर् महाभागा केशवो वरुणः स्वयम् श्रीर् देवसेना विप्रेन्द्र देवसेनापतिर् हरिः ॥
gaurī lakṣmīr mahābhāgā keśavo varuṇaḥ svayam śrīr devasenā viprendra devasenāpatir hariḥ //
Gaurī is Lakṣmī, the greatly blessed one, and Keśava is Varuṇa himself; Śrī is the army of the gods, O best of brāhmaṇas, and Hari is the commander of the gods' army.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.28
अवष्टम्भो गदापाणिः शक्तिर् लक्ष्मीर् द्विजोत्तम काष्ठा लक्ष्मीर् निमेषो ऽसौ मुहूर्तो ऽसौ कला तु सा ॥
avaṣṭambho gadāpāṇiḥ śaktir lakṣmīr dvijottama kāṣṭhā lakṣmīr nimeṣo 'sau muhūrto 'sau kalā tu sā //
He is the support, the club-bearer; Lakṣmī is the power, O foremost of the twice-born; Lakṣmī is the kāṣṭhā, he is the nimeṣa; he is the muhūrta, and she is the kalā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.29
ज्योत्स्ना लक्ष्मीः प्रदीपो ऽसौ सर्वः सर्वेश्वरो हरिः लताभूता जगन्माता श्रीर् विष्णुर् द्रुमसंस्थितिः ॥
jyotsnā lakṣmīḥ pradīpo 'sau sarvaḥ sarveśvaro hariḥ latābhūtā jaganmātā śrīr viṣṇur drumasaṃsthitiḥ //
Lakṣmī is the moonlight, he is the lamp; Hari is all, the lord of all; the mother of the world becomes the creeper, Śrī, and Viṣṇu the standing tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.30
विभावरी श्रीर् दिवसो देवश् चक्रगदाधरः वरप्रदो वरो विष्णुर् वधूः पद्मवनालया ॥
vibhāvarī śrīr divaso devaś cakragadādharaḥ varaprado varo viṣṇur vadhūḥ padmavanālayā //
Śrī is the night, the god who bears discus and club is the day; Viṣṇu is the boon-giving bridegroom, and she who dwells in the lotus-grove is the bride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.31
नदस्वरूपी भगवाञ् श्रीर् नदीरूपसंस्थिता ध्वजश् च पुण्डरीकाक्षः पताका कमलालया ॥
nadasvarūpī bhagavāñ śrīr nadīrūpasaṃsthitā dhvajaś ca puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ patākā kamalālayā //
The Lord has the form of a stream, and Śrī abides in the form of a river; the lotus-eyed one is the flagstaff, and she who dwells in the lotus is the banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.32
तृष्णा लक्ष्मीर् जगत्स्वामी लोभो नारायणः परः रतिरागौ च धर्मज्ञ लक्ष्मीर् गोविन्द एव च ॥
tṛṣṇā lakṣmīr jagatsvāmī lobho nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ ratirāgau ca dharmajña lakṣmīr govinda eva ca //
Lakṣmī is thirst (craving) and the lord of the world is greed; the supreme Nārāyaṇa—and, O knower of dharma, Lakṣmī is delight (rati) and Govinda is passion (rāga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.33
किं वात्र बहुनोक्तेन संक्षेपेणेदम् उच्यते ॥
kiṃ vātra bahunoktena saṃkṣepeṇedam ucyate //
But what (need is there) of much speaking here? This is stated in brief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 8.34
देवतिर्यङ्मनुष्येषु पुंनाम्नि भगवान् हरिः स्त्रीनाम्नि लक्ष्मीर् मैत्रेय नानयोर् विद्यते परम् ॥
devatiryaṅmanuṣyeṣu puṃnāmni bhagavān hariḥ strīnāmni lakṣmīr maitreya nānayor vidyate param //
Among gods, animals, and humans, whatever bears a masculine name is the Lord Hari, and whatever bears a feminine name is Lakṣmī, O Maitreya; there is nothing beyond these two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition