[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Harivamsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) › 3.5 # Harivamsha 3.5 Harivaṃśa 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.5) sa maithunena dharmeṇa sisṛkṣur vividhā prajāḥ asiknīm āvahat patnīṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ sutāṃ sutapasā yuktāṃ mahatīṃ lokadhāraṇīm // > desiring to create manifold creatures through the dharma of sexual union, > married as his wife Asiknī, the daughter of the Prajāpati Vīraṇa, > endowed with great ascetic heat, noble, and the supporter of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.3.5) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa (on the Harivaṃśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha-suri) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.3.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.31.2) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.88) — Sanskrit - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.728) — P. V. Kane, English - [Toḍararāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.sangraha.todararaja.2.125) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.125) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c7.s2.t4.13) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.5) · Pramāṇa