[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Brahmandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) › 2.73 # Brahmandapurana 2.73 Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.73.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.126) — 1 part ### [2.73.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.1) sūta uvāca evamārādhya deveśamīśānaṃ nīlalohitam / prahvo 'tipraṇatastasmai prāñjalirvākyamabravīt // ### [2.73.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.2) kāvyasya gātraṃ saṃspṛśya hastena prītimānbhavaḥ / nikāmaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhāddharaḥ // ### [2.73.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.3) tataḥ so 'tarhite tāsmindeve sānucare tadā / tiṣṭhantīṃ prājalirbhūtvā jayantīmidamabravīt // ### [2.73.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.4) kasya tvaṃ subhage kā vā duḥkhite mayi duḥkhitā / sahatā tapasā yuktaṃ kimarthaṃ māṃ jigīṣsi // ### [2.73.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.5) anayā satataṃ bhaktyā praśrayeṇa damena ca / snehena caiva suśroṇi prīto 'smi varavarṇini // ### [2.73.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.6) kimicchasi varārohe kaste kāmaḥ samṛddhyatām / taṃ te saṃpūrayāmyadya yadyapi syātsudurlabhaḥ // ### [2.73.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.7) evamuktābravīdenaṃ tapasā jñātumarhasi / cikīrṣitaṃ me brahmiṣṭha tvaṃ hi vettha yathātatham // ### [2.73.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.8) evamukto 'bravīdenāṃ dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā / māhendrī tvaṃ varārohe maddhitārthamihāgatā // ### [2.73.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.9) mayā saha tvaṃ suśroṇi daśavarṣāṇi bhāmini / adṛśyaṃ sarvabhūtaistu saṃprayogamihecchasi // ### [2.73.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.10) devīndranīlavarṇābhevarārohe sulocane / imaṃ vṛṇīṣva kāmaṃ tvaṃ matto vai valgubhāṣiṇi // ### [2.73.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.11) evaṃ bhavatu gacchāvo gṛhānmattebhagāmini / tataḥ svagṛhamāgamya jayatyā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ // ### [2.73.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.12) sa tayā cāvasaddevyā daśa varṣāṇi bhārgavaḥ / adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ māyayā saṃvṛtastadā // ### [2.73.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.13) kṛtārthamāmataṃ jñātavā kāvyaṃ sarve diteḥ sutāḥ / abhijagsurgṛhaṃ tasya muditāstaṃ didṛkṣavaḥ // ### [2.73.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.14) gatā yadā na paśyanti jayatyā saṃvṛtaṃ gurum / lakṣamaṃ tasya tad buddhvā pratijagmuryathāgatam // ### [2.73.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.15) bṛhaspatistu saṃruddhaṃ jñātvā kāvyaṃ vareṇa ha / prītyarthe daśa varṣāṇi jayantyā hitakāmyayā // ### [2.73.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.16) buddhvā tadantaraṃ so 'tha devānāṃ mantracoditaḥ / kāvyasya rūpamāsthāya so 'surānsamabhāṣata // ### [2.73.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.17) tataḥ so 'bhyāgatāndṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatiruvāca tān / svāgataṃ mama yājyānāṃ saṃprāpto 'smi hitāya ca // ### [2.73.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.18) ahaṃ vo 'dhyāpayiṣyāmi prāptā vidyā mayā hi yāḥ / tataste hṛṣṭamanaso vidyārthamupapedire // ### [2.73.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.19) pūrṇe kāvyastadā tasminsamaye daśavārṣike / samayānte devayājī sadyo jātamatistadā // ### [2.73.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.20) buddhiṃ cakre tataścāpi yājyānāṃ pratyavekṣaṇe / śukra uvāca devi gacchāmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ tava yājyāñchucismite // ### [2.73.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.21) vibhrāntaprekṣite sādhvi trivarṇāyatalocane / evamuktābravīddevī bhaja bhaktāṃ mahāvrata / eṣa brahmansatāṃ dharmo na dharmaṃ lopayāmi te // ### [2.73.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.22) sūta uvāca tato gatvā surāndṛṣṭvā devācāryeṇa dhīmatā // ### [2.73.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.23) vañcitānkāvyarūpeṇa vacasā punarabravīt / kāvyaṃ māmanujānīdhvameṣa hyāṅgiraso muniḥ // ### [2.73.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.24) vañcitā bata yūyaṃ vai mayi sakte tu dānavāḥ / śrutvā tathā bruvāṇaṃ taṃ saṃbhrāntā ditijāstataḥ // ### [2.73.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.25) saṃpraikṣantāvubhau tatra sthirāsīnau śucismitau / saṃpramūḍhāḥ sthitāḥ sarve prāpadyanta na kiñcana // ### [2.73.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.26) tatasteṣu pramūḍheṣu kāvyastānpunarabravīt / ācāryo yo hyayaṃ kāvyo devāyāryo 'yamaṅgirāḥ // ### [2.73.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.27) anugacchata māṃ sarve tyajatainaṃ bṛhaspatim / evamukte tu te sarve tāvubhau samavekṣya ca // ### [2.73.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.28) tadāsurā viśeṣa tu na vyajānaṃstayordvayoḥ / bṛhaspatiruvācaināmaṃ bhrāto 'yamaṅgirāḥ // ### [2.73.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.29) kāvyo 'haṃ vo gururdaityā madrūpo 'yaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ / saṃmohayati rūpeṇa māmakenaiṣa vo 'surāḥ // ### [2.73.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.30) śrutvā tasya vacaste vai saṃmantryātha vaco 'bruvan / ayaṃ no daśavarṣāṇi satataṃ śāsti vai prabhuḥ // ### [2.73.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.31) eṣa vai gururasmākamantarepsurayaṃ dvijāḥ / tatastedānavāḥ sarve praṇipatyābhivādya ca // ### [2.73.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.32) vacanaṃ jagṛhustasya vidyābhyāsena mohitāḥ / ūcustamasurāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ saṃraktalocanāḥ // ### [2.73.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.33) ayaṃ gururhito 'smākaṃ gaccha tvaṃ nāsi no guruḥ / bhārgavo 'giraso vāyaṃ bhavatveṣaiva no guruḥ // ### [2.73.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.34) sthitā vayaṃ nideśe 'sya gaccha tvaṃ sādhu mā ciram / evamuktvā surāḥ sarve prāpadyanta bṛhaspatim // ### [2.73.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.35) yadā na pratipadyante tenoktaṃ tanmahaddhitam / cukopa bhārgavaste ṣāmavalepena vai tadā // ### [2.73.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.36) bodhitāpi mayā yasmānna māṃ bhajata dānavāḥ / tasmātpraṇaṣṭasaṃjñā vai parābhavamavāpsyatha // ### [2.73.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.37) iti vyāhṛtya tānkāvyo jagāmātha yathāgatam / śaptāṃstānasurāñjñātvā kāvyena tu bṛhaspatiḥ // ### [2.73.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.38) kṛtārthaḥ sa tadā hṛṣṭaḥ svarūpaṃ pratyapadyata / buddhvāsurāṃstadā braṣṭānkṛtārthoṃ'tarddhimāgamat // ### [2.73.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.39) tataḥ pranaṣṭe tasmiṃste vibhrāntā dānavāstadā / aho dhigvañcitāḥ snehātparasparamathābruvan // ### [2.73.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.40) dharmato 'vimukhāścaiva kāritā vedhasā vayam / dagdhāścaivopadhāyogātsvesve kārye tu māyayā // ### [2.73.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.41) tato 'surāḥ paritrastā devebhyastvaritā yayuḥ / prahlādamagrataḥ kṛtvā kāvyasyānugamaṃ punaḥ // ### [2.73.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.42) tataḥ kāvyaṃ samāsādya hyabhitasthu ravāṅmukhāḥ / tānāgatānpunardṛṣṭvā kāvyo yājyānuvāca ha // ### [2.73.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.43) mayā saṃbodhitāḥ kāle yato māṃ nābhyanandatha / tatastenāvalepena gatā yūyaṃ parābhavam // ### [2.73.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.44) prahlādastamathovāca mānastvaṃ tyaja bhārgava / svānyājyānbhajamānāṃśca bhaktāṃścaiva viśeṣataḥ // ### [2.73.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.45) tvayyadṛṣṭe vayaṃ tena devācāryeṇa mohitāḥ / bhaktānarhasi nastrātuṃ jñātvā dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā // ### [2.73.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.46) yadi nastvaṃ na kuruṣe prasādaṃ bhṛgunandana / apadhyātāstvayā hyadya pravekṣyāmorasātalam // ### [2.73.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.47) sūta uvāca jñātvā kāvyo yathātattvaṃ kāruṇyena mahīyasā / evaṃ śukro 'nunītaḥ saṃstataḥ kopaṃ nyavarttayat // ### [2.73.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.48) uvācedaṃ na bhetavyaṃ gantavyaṃ na rasātalam / avaśyaṃbhāvīhyartho 'yaṃ prāpto vo mayi jāgrati // ### [2.73.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.49) na śakyamanyathākarttuṃ diṣṭaṃ hi balavattaram / saṃjñā pranaṣṭā yā ceyaṃ kāmaṃ tāṃ pratilapsyatha // ### [2.73.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.50) prāptaḥ paryāyakālo vā iti brahmābhyabhāṣata / matprasādācca yuṣmābhirbhuktaṃ trailokyamūrjjitam // ### [2.73.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.51) yugākhyā daśa saṃpūrṇā devānākramya mūrddhani / tāvantameva kālaṃ vai brahmā rājyamabhāṣata // ### [2.73.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.52) sāvarṇike punastubhyaṃ rājyaṃ kila bhaviṣyati / lokānāmīśvaro bhāvī pautrastava punarbaliḥ // ### [2.73.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.53) evaṃ kālamayaṃ proktaḥ pautraste brahmaṇā svayam / tathāhṛteṣu lokeṣu na śoko na kilābhavat // ### [2.73.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.54) yasmātpravṛttayaścāsya na kāmairabhisaṃdhitāḥ / tasmādajena prītena dattaṃ sāvarṇike 'ntare // ### [2.73.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.55) devarājyaṃ balerbhāvyamiti māmīśvaro 'bravīt / tasmādadṛśyo bhūtānāṃ kālākāṅkṣī sa tiṣṭhati // ### [2.73.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.56) prītena cāmaratvaṃ vai dattaṃ tubhyaṃ svayaṃbhuvā / tasmānnirutsukastvaṃ vai paryāyaṃ sahasākulaḥ // ### [2.73.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.57) na ca śakyaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ pura stādvai visarpitum / brahmaṇā pratiṣiddho 'smi bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā prabho // ### [2.73.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.58) imau ca śiṣyau dvau mahyaṃ tulyāvetau bṛhaspateḥ / daivataiḥ saha saṃrabdhānsarvānvo dhārayiṣyataḥ // ### [2.73.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.59) sūta uvāca evamuktāstu daiteyā kāvyenākliṣṭakarmaṇā / tatastābhyāṃ yayuḥ sārddhaṃ prahlādapramukhāstadā // ### [2.73.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.60) avaśyabhāvyamarthaṃ taṃ śrutvā daiteyadānavāḥ / sahasā śaṃsamānāste jayaṃ kāvyena bhāṣitam // ### [2.73.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.61) daṃśitāḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve tato devānsamāhvayan / atha devāsurāndṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme samupasthitān // ### [2.73.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.62) tataḥ saṃvṛtasannāhā devāstānsamayodhayan / devāsure tatastasminvarttamāne śataṃ samāḥ / ajayantāsurā devānnagrā devā amantrayan // ### [2.73.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.63) devā ūcuḥ śaṇḍāmarkaprabhāveṇa jitāḥ smastvasurairvayam / tasmādyajñaṃ samuddiśya kāryaṃ cātmahitaṃ ca yat // ### [2.73.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.64) yajñenopāhvayiṣyāmastato jeṣyāmahe 'surān / athopāmannrayandevāḥ śaṇḍāmakārai tu tāvubhau // ### [2.73.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.65) yajñe cāhūya tau proktau tyajantāmasurā dvijau // ### [2.73.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.66) grahaṃ tu vāṃ grahīṣyāmo hyanujitya tu dānavān / evaṃ tatyajatustau tu ṣaṇḍāmakārai tadā surān // ### [2.73.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.67) tato devā jayaṃ prāptā dānavāśca parābhavam / devāsurānparābhāvya śaṇḍāmarkāvupāgaman // ### [2.73.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.68) kāvyaśāpabhibhūtāśca anādhārāśca te punaḥ / bādhyamānāstadā devairviviśuste rasātalam // ### [2.73.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.69) evaṃ nirudyamāste vai kṛtā śakreṇa dānavāḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti śāpena bhṛgunaimittikena ca // ### [2.73.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.70) yajñe punaḥ punarviṣṇuryajñe 'tha śithile prabhuḥ / kartuṃ dharmavyavasthāna madharmasya praṇāśanam // ### [2.73.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.71) prahnādasya nideśe tu ye 'surā na vyavasthitāḥ / manuṣyavadhyāṃstānsarvānbrahmā vyāharata prabhuḥ // ### [2.73.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.72) dharmānnārāyaṇastasmātsaṃbhūtaścākṣuṣe 'ntare / yajñaṃ pravarttayāmāsa vainyo vaivasvate 'ntare // ### [2.73.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.73) prādurbhāve tu vainyasya brahmaivāsītpurohitaḥ / caturthyāṃ tu yugākhyāyāmāpanneṣu sureṣvatha // ### [2.73.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.74) saṃbhutaḥ sa samudrāntarhiraṇyakaśiporvadhe / dvitīyo narasiṃho 'bhūdraudraḥ sutapurassaraḥ // ### [2.73.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.75) yajamānaṃ tu daityendramadityāḥ kulanandanaḥ / dvijo bhūtvā śubhe kāle baliṃ vairocanaṃ jagau // ### [2.73.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.76) trailokyasya bhavānrājā tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam / dātumarhasi me rājanvikramāṃstrīniti prabhuḥ // ### [2.73.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.77) dadāmītyeva taṃ rājā balirvairocano 'bravīt / vāmanaṃ taṃ ca vijñāya tato 'dānmuditaḥ svayam // ### [2.73.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.78) sa vāmano divaṃ khaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca dvijottamāḥ / tribhiḥ kramairviśvamidaṃ jagadākrāmata prabhuḥ // ### [2.73.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.79) atyaricyata bhūtātmā bhāskaraṃ svena tejasā / prakāśayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaśca mahāyaśāḥ // ### [2.73.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.80) śuśubhe sa mahābāhuḥ sarvalokānprakāśayan / āsurīṃ śriyamāhṛtya trīṃllokāṃśca janārddanaḥ // ### [2.73.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.81) sa putrapautrānasurānpātālatalamānayan / namuciḥ śaṃbaraścaiva prahrādaścaiva viṣṇunā // ### [2.73.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.82) krūrā hatā vinirdūtā diśaḥ saṃpratipedire / mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā saviśeṣāṇi mādhavaḥ // ### [2.73.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.83) baliṃ caṃ sabalaṃ viprāstatrādbhutamadarśayat / tasya gātre jagatsarvamātmānamanupaśyati // ### [2.73.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.84) na kiñcidasti lokeṣu yadavyāptaṃ mahātmanā / tadvai rūpamupendrasya devādānavamānavāḥ // ### [2.73.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.85) dṛṣṭvā saṃmumuhuḥ sarve viṣṇutejovimohitāḥ / baliḥ sito mahāpāśaiḥ sabandhuḥ sasutdṛdgaṇaḥ // ### [2.73.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.86) virocanakulaṃ sarvaṃ pātāle sanniveśitam / tataḥ sarvāmaraiśvaryaṃ dattvendrāya mahātmane // ### [2.73.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.87) mānuṣeṣu mahābāhuḥ prādurāsa janārddanaḥ / etāstisraḥ samṛtāstasya divyāḥ saṃbhūtayaḥ śubhāḥ // ### [2.73.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.88) mānuṣyaḥ sapta yāstasya sāgragāstā nibodhata / tretāyuge tu daśame dattātreyo babhūva ha // ### [2.73.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.89) naṣṭe dharme caturthaśca mārkaṇḍeyapuḥ saraḥ / pañcamaḥ pañcadaśyāṃ tu tretāyāṃ saṃbabhūva ha // ### [2.73.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.90) māndhātā cakravarttitve tasyotathyaḥ purassaraḥ / ekonaviṃśayāṃ tretāyāṃ sarvakṣatrāntakṛdvibhuḥ // ### [2.73.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.91) jāmadagnyastadā ṣaṣṭhe viśpāmitrapurassaraḥ / caturviṃśe yuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā // ### [2.73.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.92) saptamo rāvaṇasyārthe jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ / aṣṭamo dvāpare viṣṇuraṣṭāviṃśe parāśarāt // ### [2.73.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.93) vedavyāsastato jajñe jātūkarṇyapurassaraḥ / tathaiva navame viṣṇuradityāḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ // ### [2.73.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.94) devakyāṃ vasudevāttu jāto gārgyapurassaraḥ / aprameyo niyogaśca yatakāmavaro vaśī // ### [2.73.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.95) krīḍate bhagavāṃlloke bālaḥ krīḍanakeriva / na pramātuṃ mahābāhuṃ śakyo 'sau madhusūdanaḥ // ### [2.73.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.96) paraṃ hyavarametasmādviśvarūpānna vidyate / aṣṭāviṃśatike tadvaddvāparasyātha saṃkṣaye // ### [2.73.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.97) naṣṭe dharme tadā jajñe viṣṇurvṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ / kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānamasurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam / māhayansarvabhūtāni yogātmā yogamāyayā // ### [2.73.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.98) praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ yoniṃ pracchannaścarate mahīm // ### [2.73.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.99) vihārārthaṃ manuṣyeṣu sāṃdīpanipurassaraḥ / yatra kaṃsaṃ ca śālvaṃ ca dvividaṃ ca mahāsuram // ### [2.73.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.100) ariṣṭhaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ caiva pūtanāṃ keśinaṃ hayam / nāgaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ mallaṃ rājagṛhādhipam // ### [2.73.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.101) daityānmānuṣadehasthānsūdayāmāsa vīryavān / chinnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇā // ### [2.73.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.102) narakaśca hataḥ saṃkhye yavanaśca mahābalaḥ / hṛtāni ca mahīpānāṃ sarvaratnāni tejasā // ### [2.73.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.103) kuruvīrāśca nihatāḥ pārthivā ye rasātale / ete lokahitārthāya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ // ### [2.73.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.104) asminneva yuge kṣīṇe saṃdhyāśiṣṭe bhaviṣyati / kalkirviṣṇuyaśā nāma pārāśaryaḥ pratāpavān // ### [2.73.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.105) daśamo bhāvyasaṃbhūto yājñavalkyapurassaraḥ / anukarṣansa vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām // ### [2.73.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.106) pragṛhītāyudhairviprairvṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ / nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca ye ca dharmadviṣaḥ kvacit // ### [2.73.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.107) udīcyānmadhyadeśāṃśca tathā vindhyā parāntikān / tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍānsiṃhalaiḥ saha // ### [2.73.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.108) gāndhārānpāradāṃścaiva pahlavānpavanāñchakān / tubarāñchabarāṃścaiva pulindānbaradān vasān // ### [2.73.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.109) laṃpākānāṅghrakānpuṇḍrānkirātāṃścaiva sa prabhuḥ / pravṛttacakro balavānmlecchānāmantakṛdbalī // ### [2.73.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.110) adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pṛthivīṃ vicariṣyati / mānavaḥ sa tu saṃjajñe devasenasya dhīmataḥ // ### [2.73.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.111) pūrvajanmani viṣṇuryaḥ pramitirnāma vīryavān / gotreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge 'bhavat // ### [2.73.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.112) ityetāstasya devasya dakṣasaṃbhūtayaḥ sma-tāḥ / tantaṃ kālaṃ ca kāyaṃ ca tattaduddiśya kāraṇam // ### [2.73.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.113) aṃśena triṣu lokeṣu tāstā yonīḥ prapatsyate / pañcaviṃśe sthitaḥ kalpe pañcaviṃśatsa vai samāḥ // ### [2.73.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.114) vinighnansarvabhūtāni mānuṣāneva sarvaśaḥ / kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣāṃ tu mahīṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā // ### [2.73.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.115) śāntayitvā tu vṛṣalānprāyaśastāna dhārmikān / tataḥ sa vai tadā kalkiścaritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ // ### [2.73.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.116) karmaṇā nihatā ye tu siddhāste tu punaḥ svayam / akasmātkupitānyonyaṃ bhaviṣyanti ca mohitāḥ // ### [2.73.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.117) kṣapayitvā tu tānsarvānbhāvinārthena coditaḥ / gaṅgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ prāpsyati sānugaḥ // ### [2.73.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.118) tato vyatīte kalpe tu samāpte sahasainike / nṛpeṣvatha viniṣṭeṣu tadā tvapragrahāḥ prajāḥ // ### [2.73.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.119) rakṣaṇe vinipṛtte tu hatvā cānyonyamāhave / parasparatdṛtasvāśca nirānandāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ // ### [2.73.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.120) purāṇi hitvā grāmāṃśca tulyāstā niṣparigrahāḥ / pranaṣṭaśrutidharmāścanaṣṭadharmāśramāstathā // ### [2.73.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.121) hrasvā alpāyuṣaścaiva bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ / saritparvatasevinyaḥ patramūlaphalāśanāḥ // ### [2.73.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.122) cīrapatrājinagharāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ / alpāyuṣo naṣṭavārtā bahvābādhāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ // ### [2.73.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.123) evaṃ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptāḥ kalisaṃdhyāṃśake tadā / prajāḥ kṣayaṃ prayāsyanti sārddhaṃ kaliyugena tu // ### [2.73.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.124) kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasminpravṛtte ca kṛte punaḥ / prapatsyante yathānyāyaṃ svabhāvādeva nānyathā // ### [2.73.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.125) ityetatkīrttitaṃ sarvaṃ devāsuraviceṣṭitam / yaduvaṃśaprasaṃgena mahadvo vaiṣmavaṃ yaśaḥ // ### [2.73.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.126) turvasostu pravakṣyāmi pūrordruhyoranostathā // ### [2.73.126.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73.126.p1) iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde viṣṇumāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 73// ## Linked texts (5) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.36.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.2.47.18) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.13.269) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.1.41.159) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.213.162) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.73) · Pramāṇa