Agnipurana 19: ūnaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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kaśyapavaṃśavarṇanam

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agniruvāca

19.1

kaśyapasya vade sargamādityādiṣu he mune
cākṣuṣe tuṣitā devāste'detyāṃ kaśyapātpunaḥ

Agni said: / Hear of the creation of Kaśyapa through Aditi and the others, O sage. / The gods who were the Tuṣitas in the Cākṣuṣa [manvantara] were again born to Kaśyapa in Aditi:

19.2

āsan viṣṇuśca śakraśca tvaṣṭā dhātā tathāryyamā
pūṣā vivasvān savitā mitro'tha varuṇo bhagaḥ

They were Viṣṇu, Śakra, Tvaṣṭṛ, Dhātṛ, and Aryaman, / Pūṣan, Vivasvan, Savitṛ, Mitra, Varuṇa, Bhaga,

19.3

aṃśuśca dvādaśādityā āsan vaivasvate'ntare
ariṣṭanemipatnīnāmapatyānīha ṣoḍaśa

and Aṃśa—these were the twelve Ādityas in the Vaivasvata interval. / The offspring of the wives of Ariṣṭanemi here were sixteen;

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bahuputrasya viduṣaścatasro vidyutaḥ sutāḥ
pratyaṅgirasajāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kṛśāśvasya surāyudhāḥ

the four lightning-daughters were of the wise Bahuputra; / the divine weapons of Kṛśāśva were born from Pratyaṅgiras, the most excellent ones.

19.5

udayāstamane sūrye tadvadete yugeyuge
hiraṇyakaśipurddityāṃ hiraṇyākṣaśca kaśyapāt

They appear in every yuga at sunrise and sunset in the same way. / Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa were born to Kaśyapa from Diti.

19.6

siṃhikā cābhavatkanyā vipracitteḥ parigrahaḥ
rāhuprabhṛtayastasyāṃ saiṃhikeyā iti śrutāḥ

And Siṃhikā was a daughter who became the wife of Vipracitti; / from her were born Rāhu and others, celebrated as the Saiṃhikeyas.

19.7

hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāścatvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ
anuhrādaśca hrādaśca prahrādaścātivaiṣṇavaḥ

Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons of renowned might: / Anuhrāda, Hrāda, and Prahrāda, devoted to Viṣṇu,

19.8

saṃhrādaśca caturtho'bhūt hrādaputro hradastathā
saṃhrādaputra āyuṣmāñśibirbāṣkala eva ca

and Saṃhrāda was the fourth. Hrāda's son was Hrada, / and Hrada's long-lived son was Śibi, as well as Vāskala.

19.9

virocanastu prāhrādirbalirjajñe virocanāt
baleḥ putraśataṃ tvāsīdbāṇaśreṣṭhaṃ mahāmune

Virocana was the son of Prahrāda; from Virocana, Bali was born. / Bali had a hundred sons, of whom Bāṇa was the eldest, O great sage.

19.10

purā kalpe hi bāṇena prasādyomāpatiṃ varaḥ
pārśvato vihariṣyāmītyevaṃ prāptaśca riśvarāt

For in a previous cosmic cycle, Bāṇa, having propitiated the husband of Umā, obtained a boon / from the Lord: 'I shall sport at your side.'

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hiraṇyākṣasutāḥ pañca sambaraḥ śakunistviti
dvimūrddhā śaṃkurāryaśca śatamāsan danoḥ sutāḥ

Hiraṇyākṣa had five sons: Śambara, Śakuni, / Dvimūrdhan, Śaṅku, and Ārya. Danu had a hundred sons.

19.12

svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā pulomnastu śacī smṛtā
upadānavī hayaśirā śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī

Svarbhānu's daughter was Prabhā, and Puloman's is known as Śacī; / Upadānavī, Hayaśiras, and Śarmiṣṭhā the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.

19.13

pulomā kālakā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe
kaśyapaspa tu bhārye dve tayoḥ putrāśca koṭayaḥ

Pulomā and Kālakā were both daughters of Vaiśvānara; / they were two wives of Kaśyapa, and their sons numbered in the tens of millions.

19.14

prahrādasya catuṣkoṭyo nivātakavacāḥ kule
tāmrāyāḥ ṣaṭ sutāḥ syuśca kākī śvenī ca bhāsyapi

In the lineage of Prahrāda were forty million Nivātakavacas. / Tāmrā had six daughters: Kākī, Śvenī, and Bhāsī,

19.15

gṛdhrikā śuci sugrīvā tābhyaḥ kākādayo'bhavan
aśvāścoṣṭrāśca tāmrāyā aruṇo garuḍastathā

Gṛdhrikā, Śuci, and Sugrīvā; from them crows and other birds were born.

19.16

vinatāyāḥ sahasrantu sarpāśca surasābhavāḥ
kādraveyāḥ sahasrantu śoṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ

Vinatā had a thousand [offspring], and serpents were born from Surasā; / Kadrū's progeny were a thousand, including Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka.

19.17

daṃṣṭriṇaḥ krodhavaśajā dharotthāḥ pakṣiṇo jale
surabhyāṃ gomahiṣyādi harotpannāstṛṇādayaḥ

Fanged beasts were born of Krodhavaśā; from Dharā arose the birds upon the water; / from Surabhi arose cows, buffaloes, and the like; and from Irā were born grasses and other plants.

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khasāyāṃ yakṣarakṣāṃsi munerapsaraso'bhavat
ariṣṭāyāntu gandharvāḥ kaśyapāddhi sthirañcaram

From Svasā were born the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; from the sage [Kaśyapa] arose the horses and Apsarases; / from Ariṣṭā the Gandharvas; thus from Kaśyapa came the stationary and the moving [creation].

19.19

eṣāṃ putrādayo'saṅkhyā devairvai dānavā jitāḥ
ditirvinaṣṭaputrā vai toṣayāmāsa kaśyapam

Their sons and descendants were innumerable; the Dānavas were defeated by the gods. / Diti, whose sons had perished, propitiated Kaśyapa.

19.20

putramindrapraharttāramicchatī prāpa kaśyapāt
pādaprakṣālanātsuptā tasyā garbhaṃ jaghāna ha

Desiring a son who would strike down Indra, she obtained [one] from Kaśyapa. / When she fell asleep without washing her feet, he struck the embryo [in] her [womb].

19.21

chidramanviṣya cendrastu te devā maruto'bhavan
śakrasyaikonapañcāśatsahāyā dīptatejasaḥ

Seeking an opening, Indra [did this]; they became the gods, the Maruts, / forty-nine companions of Śakra, radiant with splendour.

19.22

etatsarvaṃ harirbrahmā abhiṣicya pṛthuṃ nṛpam
dadau krameṇa rājyāni anyeṣāmadhipo hariḥ

Having consecrated King Pṛthu over all this, Hari, Brahmā, / and Hari the overlord bestowed kingdoms upon the others in turn:

19.23

dvijauṣadhīnāṃ candraśca apāntu varuṇo nṛpaḥ
rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇo rājā sūryāṇāṃ viṣṇurīśvaraḥ

Candra was made king of the twice-born and medicinal herbs; Varuṇa of waters; / Vaiśravaṇa of kings; and Viṣṇu the lord of the solar deities.

19.24

vasūnāṃ pāvako rājā marutāṃ vāsavaḥ prabhuḥ
prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣo'tha prahrādo dānavādhipaḥ

Pāvaka was made king of the Vasus; Vāsava lord of the Maruts; / Dakṣa of the Prajāpatis; and Prahlāda sovereign of the Dānavas.

19.25

pitṝṇāṃ ca yamo rājā bhūtādīnāṃ haraḥ prabhuḥ
himavāṃścaiva śaulānāṃ nadīnāṃ sāgaraḥ prabhuḥ

Yama was made king of the ancestors; Hara lord of the spirits and other beings; / Himavat lord of the mountains; and the ocean lord of the rivers.

19.26

gandharvāṇāṃ citraratho nāgānāmatha vāsukiḥ
sarpāṇāṃ takṣako rājā garuḍaḥ pakṣiṇāmatha

Citraratha was made king of the Gandharvas; Vāsuki of the Nāgas; / Takṣaka of the serpents; and Garuḍa of the birds.

19.27

airāvato gajendrāṇāṃ govṛṣo'tha gavāmapi
mṛgāṇāmatha śārdūlaḥ plakṣo vanaspatīśvaraḥ

Airāvata of noble elephants; the bull of cattle; / the tiger of beasts of prey; and the plakṣa tree the lord of trees.

19.28

uccaiḥśravāstathāśvānāṃ sudhanvā pūrvapālakaḥ
dakṣiṇasyāṃ śaṅkhapadaḥ ketumān pālako jale
hiraṇyaromakaḥ saumye pratisargo'yamīritaḥ

Uccaiḥśravas of horses; Sudhanvan protector of the east; / Śaṅkhapada in the south; Ketumat protector in the water [of the west]; / and Hiraṇyaromaka in the north. Thus secondary creation has been declared.

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ityadimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratisargavarṇanaṃ nāma ūnaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ