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# Brahmandapurana 2.5

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.106) — 1 part

### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.1)

ṛṣiruvāca  
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām /  
sarpabhūtāpiśā cānāṃ vasūnāṃ pakṣivīrudhām //

### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.2)

utpattiṃ nidhanaṃ caiva vistārātkathayasva naḥ /  
evamuktastadā sūtaḥ pratyuvācarṣisattamam //

### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.3)

sūta uvāca  
diteḥ putradvayaṃ jajñe kanyā caikā mahābalā /  
kaśyapasyātmajau tau tu sarvebhyaḥ pūrvajau smṛtau //

### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.4)

sautye 'hanyatirā trasya kaśyapasyāśvamedhikāḥ /  
hiraṇyakaśipurnāma prathitaṃ pṛthagāsanam //

### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.5)

dityā garbhādviniḥ sṛtya tatrāsīnaḥ samantataḥ /  
hiraṇya kaśipustasmāt karmaṇā tena sa samṛtaḥ //

### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.6)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
hiraṇyakaśiporjanma nāma caiva mahātmanaḥ /  
prabhāvaṃ caiva daityasya vistārādbrūhi naḥ prabho //

### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.7)

sūta uvāca  
kaśyapasyāśvamedho 'bhūtpuṇye vai puṣkare tadā /  
ṛṣibhideṃvatābhiśca gandharvairupaśobhitaḥ //

### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.8)

utsṛṣṭe sve ca vidhinā ākhyānādau yathāvidhi /  
āsanānyupakḷptāni sauvarṇāni tu pañca vai //

### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.9)

kulaspadāpi? trīṇyatra kūrcaḥ phalakameva ca /  
mukhyartvijastu catvārasteṣāṃ tānyupakalpayan //

### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.10)

kḷpta tatrāsanaṃ caikaṃ hoturarthe hiraṇyam /  
niṣasāda sagarbho 'tra tatrāsīnaḥ śaśaṃsa ca //

### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.11)

ākhyānamānupūrvyeṇa maharṣiḥ kaśyapo yathā /  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣayastasya nāma kurvanti varddhitam //

### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.12)

hiraṇyakaśipustasmātkarmaṇā tena sa smṛtaḥ /  
hiraṇyakṣo 'nujastasya siṃhikā tasya cānujā //

### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.13)

rāhoḥ sā jananī devī vipra citteḥ parigrahaḥ /  
hiraṇyakaśipurdaityaścacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ //

### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.14)

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ nirāhāro hyadhaḥśirāḥ /  
varayāmāsa brahmāṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ daityo vareṇa tu //

### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.15)

sarvāmaratvamavadhaṃ sarvabhūtebhya eva hi /  
yogaddevān vinirjitya sarvadevatvamāsthitaḥ //

### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.16)

kāraye 'hamihaiśvaryaṃ balavīryasamanvitaḥ /  
dānavāstvasurāścaiva devāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ //

### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.17)

bhavantu vaśagāḥ sarve matsamīpānubhojanāḥ /  
ārdraśuṣkairavadhyaśca divā rātrau tathaiva ca /  
evamuktastadā brahmānujajñe sāṃtaraṃ varam //

### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.18)

brahmovāca /  
mahānayaṃ varastāta vṛto ditisuta tvayā /  
ehī dānīṃ pratijñānaṃ bhaviṣyatyevameva tu //

### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.19)

dattvā cābhimataṃ tasmai tatrevāntaradhādatha /  
so 'pi daityastadā sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam //

### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.20)

mahimnā vyāpya saṃtasthe bahumūrttiramitrajit /  
sa eva tapati vyomni candrasūryatvamāsthitaḥ //

### [2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.21)

sa eva vāyurbhūtvā ca vavau jagati sarvadā /  
sa gopālo 'vipālaśca karṣakaśca sa eva ha //

### [2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.22)

sa jñātā sarvalokeṣu mantravyākhyākarastathā /  
netā goptā gopayitā dīkṣito yājakaḥ sa tu //

### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.23)

tasya devāḥ surāḥ sarve tadāsansomapāyinaḥ /  
evaṃprabhāvo daityo 'sāvato bhūyo nibodhata //

### [2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.24)

tasmai sarve namaskāraṃ kurvantījyaḥ sa eva ca /  
hiraṇyakaśipordaityaiḥ śloko gītaḥ purā tviha //

### [2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.25)

hiraṇyakaśipū rājā yāṃ yāmāśāṃ niraikṣata /  
tasyai tasyai tadā devā namaścakrurmaharṣibhiḥ //

### [2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.26)

tasyāsīnnarasiṃhastu mṛtyurviṣṇuḥ purā kila /  
narāttu yasmājjanmāsya naramūrttiśca yatprabhuḥ //

### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.27)

tasmātsa narasiṃho vai gīyate vedavādibhiḥ /  
sāgarasya ca velāyāmucchrita stapaso vibhuḥ //

### [2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.28)

śarīraṃ tasya devasya hyāsīddevamayaṃ prabho /  
nāmnā sudarśanaṃ caiva viśrutaśca mahābalaḥ //

### [2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.29)

tataḥ sa bāhuyuddhena daityendraṃ taṃ mahābalam /  
nakhairbibhada saṃkruddho nārdrāḥ śuṣkā nakhā iti //

### [2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.30)

hiraṇyākṣasutāḥ pañca vikrāntāḥ sumahābalāḥ /  
śaṃbaraḥ śakuniścaiva kālanābhastathaiva ca //

### [2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.31)

mahānābhaḥ suvikrānto suta saṃtāpanastathā /  
hiraṇyakṣasutā hyete devairapi durāsadāḥ //

### [2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.32)

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca daiteyāḥ sagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
sa śatāni sahasrāṇi nihatāstārakāmaye //

### [2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.33)

hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāścatvāraḥ sumahābalāḥ /  
prahlādaḥ pūrvajasteṣāmanuhnā dastathāparaḥ //

### [2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.34)

saṃhrādaścaiva hrādaśca hrādaputrau nibodhata /  
suṃdo nisundaśca tathā hrādaputau babhūvatuḥ //

### [2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.35)

brahyaghnau tau mahāvīrau mūkastu hrādadāyakaḥ /  
mārīcaḥ sundaputrastu tāḍakāyāmajāyata //

### [2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.36)

daṇḍake nihataḥ so 'tha rāghaveṇa balīyasā /  
mūko vinihataścāpi kairāte savyasācinā //

### [2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.37)

saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule /  
utpannā mahatā caiva tapasā bhāvitāḥ svayam //

### [2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.38)

arayo devatānāṃ te jaṃbhasya śatadundubhiḥ /  
tathā dakṣo suraścaṇḍaścatvāro detyanāyakāḥ //

### [2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.39)

bāṣkalasya sutā hyete kāla nemeḥ sutāñchṛṇu /  
brahmajitkratujiccaiva devāntakanarāntakau //

### [2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.40)

kālanemisutā hyete śabhostu śṛṇuta prajāḥ /  
rājājaścaiva gomaśca śaṃbhoḥ putrau prakīrttitau //

### [2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.41)

virojanasya putraśca balirekaḥ pratāpavān /  
baleḥ putraśataṃ jajñe rājānaḥ sarva eva te //

### [2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.42)

teṣāṃ pradhānāścatvāro vikrāntāḥ sumahābalāḥ /  
sahasrabāhuḥ śreṣṭho 'bhūdbāṇo rājā pratāpavān //

### [2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.43)

kuṃbhagartto dayo bhojaḥ kuñcirityevamā dayaḥ /  
śakunī pūtanā caiva kanye dve tu baleḥ smṛte //

### [2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.44)

baleḥ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /  
bāleyā nāma vikhyātā gaṇā vikrāntapauruṣāḥ //

### [2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.45)

bāṇasya caindradhanvā tu lohinyāmudapadyata /  
ditirvihitaputrā vai toṣayāmāsa kaśyapam //

### [2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.46)

tāṃ kaśyapaḥ prasannātmā samyagārādhitastvatha /  
vareṇa chandayāmāsa sā ca vavre varaṃ tata //

### [2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.47)

atha tasyai varaṃ prādātprārthito bhagavānpunaḥ /  
ukte vare tu mā tuṣṭā ditistaṃ samabhāṣata //

### [2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.48)

mārīcaṃ kaṇyapaṃ devī bharttāraṃ prāñjalistadā /  
hataputrāsmi bhagavannādityaistava sūnubhiḥ //

### [2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.49)

śakrahantāramicchami putraṃ dīrghatapo 'rjitam /  
sāhaṃ tapaścariṣyāmi garbhamādhātumarhasi //

### [2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.50)

putramindravadhe yuktaṃ tvaṃ mai vai dātumarhasi /  
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mārīcaḥ kaśyapastadā //

### [2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.51)

pratyuvāca mahātejā ditiṃ paramaduḥ khitaḥ /  
evaṃ bhavatu garbhe tu śucirbhava tapodhane //

### [2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.52)

janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śakrahantāramāhave /  
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu śuciryadi bhaviṣyasi //

### [2.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.53)

putraṃ trilokapravaraṃ manmathaṃ janayiṣyasi /  
evamuktvā mahātejāstathā samabhāvattadā //

### [2.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.54)

tāmālabhya svabhavanaṃ jagāma bhagavānṛṣiḥ /  
gate bharttari sā devī ditiḥ paramaharṣitā //

### [2.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.55)

kuśaplavanamāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam /  
śakrastu samupaśrutya saṃvādaṃ taṃ tayoḥ prabhuḥ //

### [2.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.56)

kuśaplavanamāgamya ditiṃ vākyamabhāṣata /  
śuśrūṣāṃ te kariṣyāmi mānujñāṃ dātumarhasi //

### [2.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.57)

samidhaścāhariṣyāmi puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /  
yathā tvaṃ manyase vatsa suśrūṣābhirato bhava //

### [2.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.58)

sarvakarmasu niṣṇāta ātmano hitamācara /  
varaṃ śrutvā tu ta dvākyaṃ mātuḥ śakraḥ praharṣitaḥ //

### [2.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.59)

śuśrūṣābhirato bhūtvā kaluṣeṇāntarātmanā /  
śuśrūṣate tu tāṃ śakraḥ sarvakālamanuvrataḥ //

### [2.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.60)

phalapuṣpāṇyupādāya samidhaśca dṛḍhavrataḥ /  
gātrasaṃvāhanaṃ kāle śramāpanayane tathā //

### [2.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.61)

śakraḥ sarveṣu kāleṣu ditiṃ paricacāra ha /  
kiñcicchiṣṭe vrate devī tuṣṭā śakramuvāca ha //

### [2.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.62)

pratītāhaṃ te suraśreṣṭha daśavarṣāṇi putraka /  
avaśiṣṭhāni bhadraṃ te bhrātaraṃ drakṣyase tataḥ //

### [2.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.63)

tamahaṃ tvatkṛte putra saha dhāsye jayaiṣiṇam /  
trailokyavijayaṃ putra bhokṣyase saha tena vai //

### [2.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.64)

nāhaṃ putrābhijānāmi madbhaktigatamānasam /  
evamuktvā ditiḥ śakraṃ madhyaṃ prāpte divākare //

### [2.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.65)

nidrayāpahṛtā davī śiraḥ kṛtvā tu jānuni /  
keśānkṛtvā tu pādasthānsā suṣvāpa ca devatā //

### [2.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.66)

adhastādyattu nābhervai sarvaṃ tadaśuci smṛtam /  
tatastāmaśuciṃ jñātvā soṃtaraṃ tadamanyata //

### [2.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.67)

dṛṣṭvā tu kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ tasya buddhirajāyata /  
garbhaṃ nihantu vai devyā sa hi doṣo 'tra dṛśyate //

### [2.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.68)

tato viveśa dityā vai hyupasthenodaraṃ vṛṣā /  
praviśya cāpi taṃ dṛṣṭvā gabhamindro mahaujasam //

### [2.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.69)

bhītastaṃ saptadhā gabha bibheda ripumātmanaḥ /  
ma garbho bhidyamānastu vajraṇaśataparvaṇā //

### [2.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.70)

ruroda susvaraṃ bhīmaṃ vepamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ /  
māroda māroda iti garbhaṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata //

### [2.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.71)

taṃ garbhaṃ saptadhā kṛtvā hyekaikaṃ saptadhā punaḥ /  
kuliśena bibhedendrastato ditirabudhyatā //

### [2.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.72)

na hantavyo na hantavya ityevaṃ ditirabravīt /  
niṣpapāta tato vajrī māturvacanagauravāt //

### [2.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.73)

prāñjalirvajrasahito ditiṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata /  
aśucirdevi suptāsi pādayorgatamūrddhajā //

### [2.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.74)

tadaṃ taramanuprāpya garbhaṃ hetāramāhave /  
bhinnavānahametaṃ te bahudhā kṣantumarhasi //

### [2.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.75)

tasmiṃstu viphale garbhe ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā /  
sahasrākṣaṃ durādharṣaṃ vākyaṃ sānunayābravīt //

### [2.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.76)

mamāparādhādgarbho 'yaṃ yadi te viphalīkṛtaḥ /  
nāparādho 'sti deveśa tava putra mahābala //

### [2.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.77)

śatrorvadhe na doṣo 'sti bhetavyaṃ na ca te vibho /  
priyaṃ tu kṛtamicchāmi śreyo garbhasya me kutaḥ //

### [2.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.78)

bhavantu mama putrāṇāṃ sapta sthānāni vai divi /  
vātaskandhānimānsapta carantu mama putrakāḥ //

### [2.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.79)

marutaste tu vikhyātā gatāste saptasaptakāḥ /  
pṛthivyāṃ prathamaskandho dvitīyaścāpi bhāskare //

### [2.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.80)

some tṛtīyo vijñeyaścaturtho jyotiṣāṃ gaṇe /  
graheṣu pañcamascaiva ṣaṣṭhaḥ saptarṣimaṇḍale //

### [2.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.81)

dhruve tu saptamaścaiva vātaskandhāścasapta ye /  
tānete vicarantvadya kālekāle mamātmajāḥ //

### [2.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.82)

vātaskandhādhipā bhūtvā carantu mama putrakāḥ /  
pṛthivyāṃ prathamaskandha ā meghebyo ya āvahaḥ //

### [2.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.83)

carantu mama putrāste sapta ye prathame gaṇe /  
dvitīyaścāpi meghebhya āsūryātpravahastataḥ //

### [2.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.84)

vātaskandho hi vijñeyo dvitīyaścaratāṃ gaṇaḥ /  
sūryādūrdhvamadhaḥ somādudvaho 'tha sa vai smṛtaḥ //

### [2.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.85)

vātaskandhastṛtīyaśca putrāṇāṃ caratā gaṇaḥ /  
somādūrddhvamadharkṣebhyaścaturtha saṃvahastu saḥ //

### [2.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.86)

caturtho mama putrāṇāṃ gaṇastu caratāṃ vibho /  
ṛkṣebhyaśca tathaivorddhvamā grahādvivahastu yaḥ //

### [2.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.87)

vātaskandhaḥ pañcamastu putrāṇāṃ caratāṃ gaṇaḥ /  
grahebhya ūrddhvamārṣibhyaḥ ṣaṣṭho hyanuvahaśca yaḥ //

### [2.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.88)

vātaskandhastatra mama purāṇāṃ caratā gaṇaḥ /  
ṛṣibhya ūrddhvamādhrauvaṃ saptamo yaḥ prakīrttitaḥ //

### [2.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.89)

vātaskandhaḥ parivahastatra tiṣṭhantu me sutāḥ /  
etānsarvāścarantvante kālekāle mamātmajāḥ //

### [2.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.90)

tvatkṛtena ca nāmnā vai bhavatu marutastvime /  
tatasteṣāṃ tu nāmāni matputrāṇāṃ śatakrato //

### [2.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.91)

tadvidhaiḥ karmabhiścaiva samavehi pṛthakpṛthak /  
śakrajyotistathā satyaḥ satyajyotistathāparaḥ //

### [2.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.92)

citrajyotiśca jyotiṣmān sutapaścaitya eva ca /  
prathamo 'yaṃ gaṇaḥ prokto dvitīyaṃ tu nibodhata //

### [2.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.93)

ṛtajitsatyajiścaiva suṣeṇaḥ senajittathā /  
sutamitro hyamitraśca suramitrastathāparaḥ //

### [2.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.94)

gaṇa eṣa dvitīyastu tṛtīyaṃ ca nibodhata /  
dhātuśca dhanadaścaiva hyugro bhīmastathaiva ca //

### [2.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.95)

varuṇaśca tṛtīyaṃ ca mayā proktaṃ nibodhata /  
abhiyuktākṣikaścaiva sāhvāyaśca gaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [2.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.96)

īdṛk caiva tathānyādṛk samariddrumavṛcakṣakāḥ /  
mitaśca samitaścaiva pañcamaśca tathā gaṇaḥ //

### [2.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.97)

īdṛk ca puruṣaścaiva nānyādṛk samacetanaḥ /  
saṃmitaḥ samavṛttiśca pratihartā ca ṣaḍ gaṇāḥ //

### [2.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.98)

yajñaiścitvāstuvansarve tathānye mānuṣā viśaḥ /  
daityadevāḥ samākhyātāḥ saptaite saptasaptakāḥ //

### [2.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.99)

ete hyekonapañcāśanmaruto nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ /  
prasaṃkhyātāstadā tābhyāṃ dityā śakreṇa caiva vai //

### [2.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.100)

kṛtvā caitāni nāmāni ditirindramuvāca ha /  
vātaskandhāṃścarantvete bhrataro mama putrakāḥ //

### [2.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.101)

vicarantu ca bhadraṃ te devaiḥ saha mamātmajāḥ /  
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ //

### [2.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.102)

uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā mātarbhavatu tattathā /  
sarva metadyathoktaṃ te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //

### [2.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.103)

evaṃbhūtā mahātmānaḥ kumārā lokasaṃmatāḥ /  
devaiḥ saha bhaviṣyanti yajñabhājastavātma jāḥ //

### [2.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.104)

tasmātte maruto devāḥ sarve cendrānujā varāḥ /  
vijñeyāścāmarāḥ sarve ditiputrāstarasvinaḥ //

### [2.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.105)

evaṃ tau niścayaṃ kṛtvā mātāputrau tapovane /  
jagmatustridivaṃ tdṛṣṭau śakramābhūdgatajvaraḥ //

### [2.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.106)

marutāṃ ca śubhaṃ janma śṛṇuyādyaḥ paṭhecca vā /  
vāde vijayamāpnoti labdhātmā ca bhavatyuta //

### [2.5.106.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.5.106.p1)

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde

## Linked texts (9)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.6.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (Baroda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit.1.45.3) — Sanskrit
- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.6.61) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.32.38) — Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.174.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.174.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.180.p6) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.16.p17.6) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit
- [Vratakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.108.31.p1.36) — Hemādri, Sanskrit

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