Vishnu Purana — Amsha 2 — Chapter 1
ViP 2 1.1
भगवन् सर्वम् आख्यातं ममैतद् अखिलं त्वया जगतः सर्गसंबन्धि यत् पृष्टो ऽसि गुरो मया ॥
bhagavan sarvam ākhyātaṃ mamaitad akhilaṃ tvayā jagataḥ sargasaṃbandhi yat pṛṣṭo 'si guro mayā //
Blessed one, all this concerning the creation of the world has been told to me by you in full, whatever I asked you, O teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.2
यो ऽयम् अंशो जगत्सृष्टिसंबन्धो गदितस् त्वया तत्राहं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि भूयो ऽपि मुनिसत्तम ॥
yo 'yam aṃśo jagatsṛṣṭisaṃbandho gaditas tvayā tatrāhaṃ śrotum icchāmi bhūyo 'pi munisattama //
That part which you have related, concerning the creation of the world — about that I wish to hear yet more, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.3
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ सुतौ स्वायम्भुवस्य यौ तयोर् उत्तानपादस्य ध्रुवः पुत्रस् त्वयोदितः ॥
priyavratottānapādau sutau svāyambhuvasya yau tayor uttānapādasya dhruvaḥ putras tvayoditaḥ //
Priyavrata and Uttānapāda were the two sons of Svāyambhuva; of those two, Dhruva was said by you to be the son of Uttānapāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.4
प्रियव्रतस्य नैवोक्ता भवता द्विज संततिः ताम् अहं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि प्रसन्नो वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
priyavratasya naivoktā bhavatā dvija saṃtatiḥ tām ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi prasanno vaktum arhasi //
But the offspring of Priyavrata has not been told by you, O twice-born; I wish to hear of it — be pleased to tell it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.5
कर्दमस्यात्मजां कन्याम् उपयेमे प्रियव्रतः सम्राट् कुक्षिश् च तत्कन्ये दशपुत्रास् तथापरे ॥
kardamasyātmajāṃ kanyām upayeme priyavrataḥ samrāṭ kukṣiś ca tatkanye daśaputrās tathāpare //
Priyavrata married a daughter, the child of Kardama; his daughters were Samrāṭ and Kukṣi, and there were ten sons besides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 1.6
महाप्रज्ञा महावीर्या विनीता दयिताः पितुः प्रियव्रतसुताः ख्यातास् तेषां नामानि मे शृणु ॥
mahāprajñā mahāvīryā vinītā dayitāḥ pituḥ priyavratasutāḥ khyātās teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //
The sons of Priyavrata were renowned as of great wisdom, great valour, disciplined and dear to their father; hear from me their names.
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ViP 2 1.7
आग्नीध्रश् चाग्निबाहुश् च वपुष्मान् द्युतिमांस् तथा मेधा मेधातिथिर् भव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च ॥
āgnīdhraś cāgnibāhuś ca vapuṣmān dyutimāṃs tathā medhā medhātithir bhavyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca //
Āgnīdhra and Agnibāhu, Vapuṣmān and Dyutimān, Medhā, Medhātithi, Bhavya, and the son Savana as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.8
ज्योतिष्मान् दशमस् तेषां सत्यनामा सुतो ऽभवत् प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्राणां प्रख्याता बलवीर्यतः ॥
jyotiṣmān daśamas teṣāṃ satyanāmā suto 'bhavat priyavratasya putrāṇāṃ prakhyātā balavīryataḥ //
The tenth of them was a son named Jyotiṣmān, true to his name; (such) were the renowned sons of Priyavrata, (renowned) for strength and valour.
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ViP 2 1.9
मेधाग्निबाहुपुत्रास् तु त्रयो योगपरायणाः जातिस्मरा महाभागा न राज्याय मनो दधुः ॥
medhāgnibāhuputrās tu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ jātismarā mahābhāgā na rājyāya mano dadhuḥ //
But three (of them), the sons Medhā, Agnibāhu (and Putra), were devoted to yoga, remembering their former births, greatly fortunate, and they did not set their minds on kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 1.10
निर्ममाः सर्वकालं तु समस्तार्थेषु वै मुने चक्रुः क्रिया यथान्यायम् अफलाकाङ्क्षिणो हि ते ॥
nirmamāḥ sarvakālaṃ tu samastārtheṣu vai mune cakruḥ kriyā yathānyāyam aphalākāṅkṣiṇo hi te //
Free of the sense of 'mine' at all times in all matters, O sage, they performed the rites according to rule, for they had no desire for their fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.11
प्रियव्रतो ददौ तेषां सप्तानां मुनिसत्तम विभज्य सप्त द्वीपानि मैत्रेय सुमहात्मनाम् ॥
priyavrato dadau teṣāṃ saptānāṃ munisattama vibhajya sapta dvīpāni maitreya sumahātmanām //
Priyavrata, O best of sages, O Maitreya, divided the seven continents and gave them to those seven great-souled ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.12
जम्बूद्वीपं महाभाग सो ऽग्नीध्राय ददौ पिता मेधातिथेस् तथा प्रादात् प्लक्षद्वीपम् अथापरम् ॥
jambūdvīpaṃ mahābhāga so 'gnīdhrāya dadau pitā medhātithes tathā prādāt plakṣadvīpam athāparam //
O greatly fortunate one, that father gave Jambūdvīpa to Āgnīdhra, and gave the other, Plakṣadvīpa, to Medhātithi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.13
शाल्मले च वपुष्मन्तं नरेन्द्रम् अभिषिक्तवान् ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशद्वीपे राजानं कृतवान् प्रभुः ॥
śālmale ca vapuṣmantaṃ narendram abhiṣiktavān jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ //
He consecrated Vapuṣmān as king over Śālmala, and the lord made Jyotiṣmān king over Kuśadvīpa.
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ViP 2 1.14
द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रौञ्चद्वीपे समादिशत् शाकद्वीपेश्वरं चापि भव्यं चक्रे प्रियव्रतः ॥
dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi bhavyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ //
He appointed Dyutimān king over Krauñcadvīpa, and Priyavrata made Bhavya lord of Śākadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.15
पुष्कराधिपतिं चक्रे सवनं चापि स प्रभुः जम्बूद्वीपेश्वरो यस् तु आग्नीध्रो मुनिसत्तम तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुस् ते प्रजापतिसमा नव ॥
puṣkarādhipatiṃ cakre savanaṃ cāpi sa prabhuḥ jambūdvīpeśvaro yas tu āgnīdhro munisattama tasya putrā babhūvus te prajāpatisamā nava //
And that lord made Savana ruler of Puṣkara. Now Āgnīdhra, who was lord of Jambūdvīpa, O best of sages — his sons were nine, equal to Prajāpati.
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ViP 2 1.16
नाभिः किंपुरुषश् चैव हरिवर्ष इलावृतः रम्यो हिरण्वान् षष्ठस् तु कुरुर् भद्राश्व एव च केतुमालस् तथैवान्यः साधुचेष्टो नृपो ऽभवत् ॥
nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaś caiva harivarṣa ilāvṛtaḥ ramyo hiraṇvān ṣaṣṭhas tu kurur bhadrāśva eva ca ketumālas tathaivānyaḥ sādhuceṣṭo nṛpo 'bhavat //
Nābhi and Kiṃpuruṣa, Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛta, Ramya, Hiraṇvān the sixth, and Kuru, and Bhadrāśva, and yet another, Ketumāla, who became a king of good conduct.
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ViP 2 1.17
जम्बूद्वीपविभागांस् तु तेषां विप्र निशामय पित्रा दत्तं हिमाह्वं तु वर्षं नाभेस् तु दक्षिणम् ॥
jambūdvīpavibhāgāṃs tu teṣāṃ vipra niśāmaya pitrā dattaṃ himāhvaṃ tu varṣaṃ nābhes tu dakṣiṇam //
Hear now, O brahmin, their divisions of Jambūdvīpa: to Nābhi was given by his father the region called Hima, which is to the south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.18
हेमकूटं तथा वर्षं ददौ किंपुरुषाय सः तृतीयं नैषधं वर्षं हरिवर्षाय दत्तवान् ॥
hemakūṭaṃ tathā varṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya saḥ tṛtīyaṃ naiṣadhaṃ varṣaṃ harivarṣāya dattavān //
He gave the region Hemakūṭa to Kiṃpuruṣa, and gave the third region, Naiṣadha, to Harivarṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.19
इलावृताय प्रददौ मेरुर् यत्र तु मध्यमे नीलाचलाश्रितं वर्षं रम्याय प्रददौ पिता ॥
ilāvṛtāya pradadau merur yatra tu madhyame nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā //
To Ilāvṛta he gave that in whose middle Meru stands; and the father gave to Ramya the region resting on the Nīla mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.20
श्वेतं यद् उत्तरं तस्मात् पित्रा दत्तं हिरण्वते ॥
śvetaṃ yad uttaraṃ tasmāt pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate //
That which is north of it, Śveta, was given by the father to Hiraṇvān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.21
यद् उत्तरं शृङ्गवतो वर्षं तत् कुरवे ददौ मेरोः पूर्वेण यद् वर्षं भद्राश्वाय प्रदत्तवान् ॥
yad uttaraṃ śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tat kurave dadau meroḥ pūrveṇa yad varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya pradattavān //
The region that is north of Śṛṅgavat he gave to Kuru; the region east of Meru he gave to Bhadrāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.22
गन्धमादनवर्षं तु केतुमालाय दत्तवान् इत्य् एतानि ददौ तेभ्यः पुत्रेभ्यः स नरेश्वरः ॥
gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān ity etāni dadau tebhyaḥ putrebhyaḥ sa nareśvaraḥ //
And he gave the region Gandhamādana to Ketumāla. These, then, that lord of men gave to those sons.
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ViP 2 1.23
वर्षेष्व् एतेषु तान् पुत्रान् अभिषिच्य स भूपतिः सालग्रामं महापुण्यं मैत्रेय तपसे ययौ ॥
varṣeṣv eteṣu tān putrān abhiṣicya sa bhūpatiḥ sālagrāmaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ maitreya tapase yayau //
Having consecrated those sons in these regions, that lord of the earth, O Maitreya, went to the greatly holy Sālagrāma for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.24
यानि किंपुरुषादीनि वर्षाण्य् अष्टौ महामुने तेषां स्वाभाविकी सिद्धिः सुखप्राया ह्य् अयत्नतः ॥
yāni kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇy aṣṭau mahāmune teṣāṃ svābhāvikī siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hy ayatnataḥ //
In those eight regions, Kiṃpuruṣa and the rest, O great sage, accomplishment is natural, mostly pleasant, and comes without effort.
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ViP 2 1.25
विपर्ययो न तेष्व् अस्ति जरामृत्युभयं न च धर्माधर्मौ न तेष्व् आस्तां नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः ॥
viparyayo na teṣv asti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca dharmādharmau na teṣv āstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ //
There is no reversal in them, no fear of old age and death; there is neither dharma nor adharma in them, nor highest, lowest and middling (people).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.26
न तेष्व् अस्ति युगावस्था क्षेत्रेष्व् अष्टसु सर्वदा हिमाह्वयं तु वै वर्षं नाभेर् आसीन् महात्मनः तस्यर्षभो ऽभवत् पुत्रो मेरुदेव्यां महाद्युतिः ॥
na teṣv asti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣv aṣṭasu sarvadā himāhvayaṃ tu vai varṣaṃ nābher āsīn mahātmanaḥ tasyarṣabho 'bhavat putro merudevyāṃ mahādyutiḥ //
In those eight territories there is never any condition of the yugas. The region called Hima belonged to the great-souled Nābhi; his son by Merudevī was Ṛṣabha of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.27
ऋषभाद् भरतो जज्ञे ज्येष्ठः पुत्रशतस्य सः कृत्वा राज्यं स्वधर्मेण तथेष्ट्वा विविधान् मखान् ॥
ṛṣabhād bharato jajñe jyeṣṭhaḥ putraśatasya saḥ kṛtvā rājyaṃ svadharmeṇa tatheṣṭvā vividhān makhān //
From Ṛṣabha was born Bharata, the eldest of (his) hundred sons; he (Ṛṣabha), having ruled the kingdom according to his own duty and having likewise performed sacrifices of various kinds,
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ViP 2 1.28
अभिषिच्य सुतं वीरं भरतं पृथिवीपतिः तपसे स महाभागः पुलहस्याश्रमं ययौ ॥
abhiṣicya sutaṃ vīraṃ bharataṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ tapase sa mahābhāgaḥ pulahasyāśramaṃ yayau //
having consecrated his heroic son Bharata (as king), that greatly fortunate lord of the earth went to the hermitage of Pulaha for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.29
वानप्रस्थविधानेन तत्रापि कृतनिश्चयः तपस् तेपे यथान्यायम् इयाज स महीपतिः ॥
vānaprasthavidhānena tatrāpi kṛtaniścayaḥ tapas tepe yathānyāyam iyāja sa mahīpatiḥ //
There too, firm in his resolve, that lord of the earth practised austerity according to the rule of the forest-dweller as prescribed, and offered sacrifice.
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ViP 2 1.30
तपसा कर्षितो ऽत्यर्थं कृशो धमनिसंततः नग्नो वीटां मुखे दत्त्वा वीराध्वानं ततो गतः ॥
tapasā karṣito 'tyarthaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ nagno vīṭāṃ mukhe dattvā vīrādhvānaṃ tato gataḥ //
Worn down exceedingly by austerity, emaciated, with his veins showing, naked, having placed a mouthful (of pebbles?) in his mouth, he then went by the path of heroes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 1.31
ततश् च भारतं वर्षम् एतल् लोकेषु गीयते भरताय यतः पित्रा दत्तं प्रातिष्ठता वनम् ॥
tataś ca bhārataṃ varṣam etal lokeṣu gīyate bharatāya yataḥ pitrā dattaṃ prātiṣṭhatā vanam //
And from that this land is celebrated among the worlds as Bhārata-varṣa, since it was given by the father to Bharata when he set out for the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.32
सुमतिर् भरतस्याभूत् पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः कृत्वा सम्यग् ददौ तस्मै राज्यम् इष्टमखः पिता ॥
sumatir bharatasyābhūt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ kṛtvā samyag dadau tasmai rājyam iṣṭamakhaḥ pitā //
Bharata had a son, Sumati, supremely righteous; having ruled well and performed sacrifices, the father gave him the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.33
पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीस् तु भरतः स महीपतिः योगाभ्यासरतः प्राणान् सालग्रामे ऽत्यजन् मुने ॥
putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīs tu bharataḥ sa mahīpatiḥ yogābhyāsarataḥ prāṇān sālagrāme 'tyajan mune //
But that lord of the earth, Bharata, his royal fortune transferred to his son, devoted to the practice of yoga, gave up his life-breaths at Sālagrāma, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.34
अजायत च विप्रो ऽसौ योगिनां प्रवरे कुले मैत्रेय तस्य चरितं कथयिष्यामि ते पुनः ॥
ajāyata ca vipro 'sau yogināṃ pravare kule maitreya tasya caritaṃ kathayiṣyāmi te punaḥ //
And he was born a brahmin in an excellent family of yogins; Maitreya, I shall tell you his story again (later).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.35
सुमतेस् तेजसस् तस्माद् इन्द्रद्युम्नो व्यजायत परमेष्ठी ततस् तस्मात् प्रतिहारस् तदन्वयः ॥
sumates tejasas tasmād indradyumno vyajāyata parameṣṭhī tatas tasmāt pratihāras tadanvayaḥ //
From that Sumati, of (great) splendour, Indradyumna was born; from him Parameṣṭhin, and from him Pratihāra in that line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.36
प्रतिहर्तेति विख्यात उत्पन्नस् तस्य चात्मजः भुवस् तस्माद् अथोद्गीथः प्रस्तावस् तत्सुतो विभुः ॥
pratiharteti vikhyāta utpannas tasya cātmajaḥ bhuvas tasmād athodgīthaḥ prastāvas tatsuto vibhuḥ //
His son, born (to him), was renowned as Pratihartā; from him Bhū, then Udgītha, and his son was Prastāva the mighty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.37
पृथुस् ततस् ततो नक्तो नक्तस्यापि गयः सुतः नरो गयस्य तनयस् तत्पुत्रो ऽभूद् विराट् ततः ॥
pṛthus tatas tato nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ naro gayasya tanayas tatputro 'bhūd virāṭ tataḥ //
From him Pṛthu, from him Nakta, and Nakta's son was Gaya; Nara was Gaya's son, and his son was Virāṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.38
तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्यो धीमांस् तस्माद् अजायत महान्तो ऽपि ततश् चाभून् मनस्युस् तस्य चात्मजः ॥
tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃs tasmād ajāyata mahānto 'pi tataś cābhūn manasyus tasya cātmajaḥ //
His son was Mahāvīrya, and from him Dhīmān was born; from him came Mahānta, and his son was Manasyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.39
त्वष्टा त्वष्टुश् च विरजो रजस् तस्याप्य् अभूत् सुतः शतजिद् रजसस् तस्य जज्ञे पुत्रशतं मुने ॥
tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuś ca virajo rajas tasyāpy abhūt sutaḥ śatajid rajasas tasya jajñe putraśataṃ mune //
(From him) Tvaṣṭā, and Tvaṣṭā's (son) Viraja; Rajas too was his son, and to Rajas were born a hundred sons, Śatajit and the rest, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.40
विष्वग्ज्योतिःप्रधानास् ते यैर् इमा वर्धिताः प्रजाः तैर् इदं भारतं वर्षं नवभेदम् अलंकृतम् ॥
viṣvagjyotiḥpradhānās te yair imā vardhitāḥ prajāḥ tair idaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ navabhedam alaṃkṛtam //
They, headed by Viṣvagjyotis, were those by whom these creatures were multiplied; by them this Bhārata-varṣa, of nine divisions, was adorned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.41
तेषां वंशप्रसूतैस् तु भुक्तेयं भारती पुरा कृतत्रेतादिसर्गेण युगाख्या ह्य् एकसप्ततिः ॥
teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtais tu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī purā kṛtatretādisargeṇa yugākhyā hy ekasaptatiḥ //
By those born in their line this land of Bhārata was formerly enjoyed for seventy-one periods called yugas, through the succession of Kṛta, Tretā and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 1.42
एष स्वायंभुवः सर्गो येनेदं पूरितं जगत् वाराहे तु मुने कल्पे पूर्वमन्वन्तराधिपः ॥
eṣa svāyaṃbhuvaḥ sargo yenedaṃ pūritaṃ jagat vārāhe tu mune kalpe pūrvamanvantarādhipaḥ //
This is the creation of Svāyambhuva (Manu), by which this world was filled; and in the Vārāha kalpa, O sage, he was the lord of the first manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition