The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.64-69

13.14.64

mahādevasya roṣācca āpo naṣṭāḥ purābhavan |
tāśca saptakapālena devairanyāḥ pravartitāḥ || 64 ||

Through the wrath of Mahadeva on a former occasion, all the waters disappeared. The deities gratified him by performing a sacrifice called Saptakapala, and caused, through his grace, other waters to flow into the worlds. Verily, when the three-eyed deity became gratified, water once more appeared in the world. The wife of Atri, who was conversant with the Vedas, abandoned her husband in a huff and said,--I shall no longer live in subjection to that ascetic.--Having said these words, she sought the protection of Mahadeva. Through fear of her lord, Atri, passed three hundred years, abstaining from all food. And all this time she slept on wooden clubs for the purpose of gratifying Bhava. The great deity then appeared unto her and then smilingly addressed her, saying--Thou shalt obtain a son. And thou shalt get that son without the need of a husband, simply through the grace of Rudra. Without doubt that son, born in the race of his father, shall become celebrated for his worth, and assume a name after thee. The illustrious Vikarna also, O slayer of Madhu, full of devotion to Mahadeva, gratified him with severe penances and obtained high and happy success. Sakalya, too, of restrained soul, adored Bhava in a mental sacrifice that he performed for nine hundred years, O Kesava. Gratified with him the illustrious deity said unto him,--Thou shalt become a great author. O son, inexhaustible shall thy fame be in the three worlds.

13.14.65

atrerbhāryāpi bhartāraṃ saṃtyajya brahmavādinī |
nāhaṃ tasya munerbhūyo vaśagā syāṃ kathaṃcana |
ityuktvā sā mahādevamagacchaccharaṇaṃ kila || 65 ||

13.14.66

nirāhārā bhayādatrestrīṇi varṣaśatānyapi |
aśeta musaleṣveva prasādārthaṃ bhavasya sā || 66 ||

13.14.67

tāmabravīddhasandevo bhavitā vai sutastava |
vaṃśe tavaiva nāmnā tu khyātiṃ yāsyati cepsitām || 67 ||

13.14.68

śākalyaḥ saṃśitātmā vai nava varṣaśatānyapi |
ārādhayāmāsa bhavaṃ manoyajñena keśava || 68 ||

13.14.69

taṃ cāha bhagavāṃstuṣṭo granthakāro bhaviṣyasi |
vatsākṣayā ca te kīrtistrailokye vai bhaviṣyati |
akṣayaṃ ca kulaṃ te'stu maharṣibhiralaṃkṛtam || 69 ||