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# Brahmandapurana 2.6

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.39) — 1 part

### [2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.1)

sūta uvāca  
abhavandanuputrāstu vaṃśe khyātā mahāsurāḥ /  
vipracittipradhā nāste 'cintanīyaparākramāḥ //

### [2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.2)

sarve labdhavarāścaiva te taptatapasastathā /  
satyasaṃdhāḥ parākrāntāḥ krūrā māyāvinaśca te //

### [2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.3)

mahābalāste javanā brahmiṣṭhā ye ca sāgnayaḥ /  
kīrtyamānānmayā sarvānprādhānyena nibodhata //

### [2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.4)

dvimūrddhā śaṃbaraścaiva tathā śaṅkuratho vibhuḥ /  
śaṅkukarṇo vipādaśca gaviṣṭho dundubhistathā //

### [2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.5)

ayomukhastu maghavānkapilo vāmano mayaḥ /  
marīcirasipāścaiva mahā māyo 'śirā bhṛśī //

### [2.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.6)

vikṣobhaśca suketuśca ketuvīryaśatāhvayau /  
indrajidvividaścaiva tathā bhadraśca devajit //

### [2.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.7)

ekacakro mahā bāhustārakaśca mahābalaḥ /  
vaiśvānaraḥ pulomā ca prāpaṇo 'tha mahāśirāḥ //

### [2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.8)

svarbhānurvṛṣaparvā ca puruṇḍaśca mahāsuraḥ /  
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryaścacandramā indratāpanaḥ //

### [2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.9)

sūkṣmaścaiva nicandraśca cūrṇanābho mahāgiriḥ /  
asilomā sukeśaśca śaṭhaśca mūlakodaraḥ //

### [2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.10)

jambho gaganamūrddhā cakuṃbhamāno mahodakaḥ /  
pramado 'dmaśca kupatho hyaśvagrīvaśca vīryavān //

### [2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.11)

vaimṛgaḥ savirūpākṣaḥ supathaśca halā halau /  
akṣo hiraṇmayaścaiva śatagrīvaśca śaṃbaraḥ //

### [2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.12)

śarabhaḥ śvalabhaścaiva sūryācandramasāvubhau /  
asurāṇāṃ smṛtāvetau surāṇāṃ ca prabhāviṇau //

### [2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.13)

iti putrā danorvaṃśapradhānāḥ parikīrttitāḥ /  
teṣāmaparisaṃkhyeyaṃ putrapautramanantakam //

### [2.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.14)

ityeta asurāḥ takrāntā daiteyā dānavāstathā /  
sutvānastu smṛtā daityā asutvāno danoḥ sutāḥ //

### [2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.15)

ime ca vaṃśānugatā danoḥ putrānvayāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
ekākṣeśvaprabhāriṣṭaḥ pralaṃbanarakāvapi //

### [2.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.16)

indrabādhanakeśī ca puruṣaḥ śeṣavānuruḥ /  
gariṣṭhaśca gavākṣaśca tālaketuśca vīryavān //

### [2.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.17)

ete manuṣyā vadhyāstu danuputrānvayāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
daityadānavasaṃyoge jātā bhīmaparākramāḥ //

### [2.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.18)

siṃhikāyāmathotpannā vipracitteḥ sutā ime /  
saiṃhikeyāḥ samākhyātāścaturdaśa mahāsurāḥ //

### [2.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.19)

śalaśca śalabhaścaiva savyasivyastathaiva ca /  
ilvalo namuciścaiva vātāpistu supuñjikaḥ //

### [2.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.20)

rahakalpaḥ kālanābho bhaumaśca kanakastathā /  
rāhurjyeṣṭhastu teṣāṃ vai sūryacandrapramarddanaḥ //

### [2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.21)

ityote siṃhikāputrā devairapi durāsadāḥ /  
dāruṇābhijanāḥ krūrāḥ sarve brahmahaṇaśca te //

### [2.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.22)

daśa tāni sahasrāṇisaiṃhikeyā gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
nihatā jāmadagnyena bhārgaveṇa balīyasā //

### [2.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.23)

svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā pulomnastu śacī sutā /  
upadānavī sadasyātha śarmiṣṭhā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ //

### [2.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.24)

pulomā kālikā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe /  
prabhāyāṃ nahuṣaḥ putro jayantastu śacīsutaḥ //

### [2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.25)

puruṃ jajñe 'tha śarmiṣṭhā duṣyantasupadānavī /  
vaiśvānarasute ete pulomā kālakā tathā //

### [2.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.26)

bahvapatye ubhe kanye mārīcasya parigrahaḥ /  
tayoḥ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭirdānavapuṅgavāḥ //

### [2.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.27)

caturdaśa tathānyāni hiraṇyapuravāsinām /  
paulomāḥ kālakeyāśca dānavāḥ sumarā balāḥ //

### [2.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.28)

avadhyā devatānāṃ te nihatāḥ savyamācinā /  
mayasya jātā raṃbhāyāṃ putrāḥ ṣaṭ ca mahābalāḥ //

### [2.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.29)

māyāvī dundubhiścaiva putraśca mahiṣastathā /  
kālikaścājakarṇaścakanyā mandodarī tathā //

### [2.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.30)

daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca sarga eṣa prakīrttitaḥ /  
anāyuṣāyāḥ putrāste smṛtāḥ pañca mahābalāḥ //

### [2.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.31)

ararurbalavṛtrau ca vijvaraśca vṛṣastathā /  
ararostanayaḥ krūro dhundhurnāma mahāsuraḥ //

### [2.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.32)

nihataḥ kuvalāśvena uttaṅkavacanādbile /  
balaputrau mahāvīryauṃ tejasāpratimāvubhau //

### [2.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.33)

nikuṃbhaścakravarmā ca sa karṇaḥ pūrvajanmani /  
vijarasyāpi putrau dvau kālakaśca kharaśca tau //

### [2.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.34)

vṛṣasya tu punaḥ putrāścatvāraḥ krūrakarmaṇaḥ /  
śrāddhādo yajñahā caiva brahmahā paśuhā tathā //

### [2.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.35)

krāntā hyanāyuṣaḥ putrā vṛtra syāpi nibodhata /  
jajñire 'sumahāghorā vṛtrasyendreṇa yudhyatā //

### [2.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.36)

bakā nāma samākhyātā rākṣasāḥ sumahābalāḥ /  
śataṃ tāni sahasrāṇi mahendrānucarāḥ smṛtāḥ //

### [2.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.37)

sarve brahmavidaḥ saumyā dhārmikāḥ sūkṣmamūrttayaḥ /  
prajāsvantargatāḥ sarve nivasaṃti krudhāvṛtāḥ //

### [2.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.38)

krodhā tvapratimānputrān jajñe vai gāyanottamān /  
siddhaḥ pūrṇaśca vahvīca pūrṇāśaścaiva vīryavān //

### [2.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.39)

brahmacārī śataguṇaḥ suparṇaścaiva maptamaḥ /  
viśvāvasuśca bhānuśca sucandro daśamastathā /  
ityete devagandharvāḥ krodhāyāḥ parirīrttitāḥ //

### [2.6.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.39.p1)

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde danuvaṃśakīrttanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāya

## Linked texts (4)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.77) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.19.12) — Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.21.10) — Sanskrit

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