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# Brahmandapurana 2.7

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.1) — 1 part
- [2.7.479](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.479) — 1 part

### [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.1)

sūta uvāca  
gandharvāpsarasaḥ putrā mauneyāstānnibodhata /  
bhīmasenegrasenau ca suparṇo varuṇastathā //

### [2.7.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.1.p1)

dhṛtarāṣṭraśca gomāṃśca sūryavarcāstathaiva ca//

### [2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.2)

patravānarkaparṇaśca prayutaśca tathaiva hi //

### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.3)

bhīmaścitrarathaścaiva vikhyātaḥ sarvajīdvaśī /  
trayodaśaḥ śāliśirāḥ parjanyaśca caturdaśaḥ //

### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.4)

kaliḥ pañca daśasteṣāṃ nāradaścaiva ṣoḍaśaḥ /  
ityete devagandharvā mauneyāḥ parikīrttitāḥ //

### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.5)

caturviṃśāścāvarajāsteṣāmapsarasaḥ śubhāḥ /  
aruṇā cānapāyā ca vimanuṣyā varāṃbarā //

### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.6)

miśrakeśī tathācāsiparṇinī cāpyaluṃbuṣā /  
marīciḥ śucikā caiva vidyutparṇā tilottamā //

### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.7)

adrikā lakṣmaṇā kṣemā divyā raṃbhā manobhavā /  
asitā ca subāhūśca supriyā subhujā tathā //

### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.8)

puṇḍarīkājagandhā ca sudatī surasā tathā /  
tathaivāsyāḥ subāhūśca vikhyātau ca hahāhuhū //

### [2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.9)

tuṃburuśceti catvāraḥ smṛtāgandharvasattamāḥ /  
gandharvāpsaraso hyete mauneyāḥ parikīrttitāḥ //

### [2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.10)

haṃsā sarasvatī caiva sūtā ca kamalābhayā /  
sumukhī haṃsapādī ca laukikyo 'psarasaḥ smṛtāḥ //

### [2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.11)

haṃso jyotiṣṭamo madhya ācārastviha dāruṇaḥ /  
varūtho 'tha vareṇyaśya tato vasuruciḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [2.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.12)

aṣṭamaḥ surucisteṣāṃ tato viśvā vasuḥ smṛtaḥ /  
suṣuve sā mahābhāgā riṣṭā devarṣipūjitā //

### [2.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.13)

arūpāṃ subhagāṃ bhāsīmiti tredhā vyajāyata /  
manuvantī sukeśī ca tuṃbarostu sute śubhe //

### [2.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.14)

pañcacūḍāstvimā vidyādevamapsaraso daśa /  
menakā sahajanyā ca parṇinī puñjikasthalā //

### [2.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.15)

kṛtasthalā dyṛtācī ca viśvācī pūrvacittyapi /  
pramlocetyabhivikhyātānumlocaiva tu tā daśa //

### [2.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.16)

anādinidhanasyātha jajñe nārāyaṇasya yā /  
kulocitānavadyāṅgī urvaścekādaśī smṛtā //

### [2.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.17)

menasya menakā kanyā jajñe sarvāṅgasuṃdarī /  
sarvāśca brahmavādinyo mahābhāgāśca tāḥ smṛtāḥ //

### [2.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.18)

gaṇāstvapsarasāṃ khyātāḥ puṇyāste vai caturdaśa /  
āhṛtyaḥ śobhavatyaśca vegavatyastathaiva ca //

### [2.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.19)

ūrjjāścaiva yuvatyaśca srucastu kuravastathāśca /  
varhayaścāmṛtāścaiva mudāśca mṛgavo rucaḥ //

### [2.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.20)

bhīravaḥ śobhayantyaśca gāṇā hyete caturdaśa /  
brahmaṇo mānasāhṛtyaḥ śobhavatyo marutsutāḥ //

### [2.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.21)

vegavatyaśca riṣṭāyā ūrjjāścaivāgnisaṃbhavāḥ /  
yuvatyaśca tathā sūryaraśmijātāḥ suśobhanāḥ //

### [2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.22)

gabhastibhiśca somasya jajñire kuravaḥ śubhāḥ /  
yajñotpannā sruco nāma kuśavatyāṃ ca barhayaḥ //

### [2.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.23)

vārijā hyamṛtotpannā amṛtā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ /  
vāyūtpanānā mudā nāma bhūmijā mṛgavastathā //

### [2.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.24)

vidyuto 'tra ruco nāma mṛtyoḥ kanyāśca bhīravaḥ /  
śobhayantyaśca kāmasya gaṇāḥ proktāścaturdaśa //

### [2.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.25)

ityete bahusāhasrā bhāsvarā apsarogaṇāḥ /  
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca patnyaśca mātaraśca ha //

### [2.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.26)

sugandhāścātha niṣpandā sarvāścāpsarasaḥ samāḥ /  
saṃprayogastu kāmena mādyaṃ divi haraṃ vinā //

### [2.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.27)

tāsāṃ devarṣi saṃsparśā jātāḥ sādhāraṇā yataḥ /  
parvatastatra saṃbhūto nāradaścaiva tāvubhau //

### [2.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.28)

tato yavīyasī caiva tṛtīyārundhatī smṛtā /  
devarṣibhyastayorjanma yasmānnāradaparvatau //

### [2.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.29)

tasmāttau tatsanāmānau smṛtau nāradaparvatau /  
vinatāyāśca putrau dvau aruṇau garuḍaśca ha //

### [2.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.30)

gāyatryādīni chandāṃsi sauparṇeyāni pakṣiṇāḥ /  
vyavahāryāṇi sarvāṇi ṛjusannihitāni ca //

### [2.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.31)

kradrūrnāgasahasraṃ vai vijajñe dharaṇīdharam /  
anekaśirasāṃ teṣāṃ khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām //

### [2.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.32)

bahutvānnāmadheyānāṃ pradhānāṃśca nibodhata /  
teṣāṃ pradhānā nāgānāṃ śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ //

### [2.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.33)

akarṇo hastikarṇaśca pijaraścāryakastathā /  
airāvato mahāpadmaḥ kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau //

### [2.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.34)

elāpatraśca śaṅkhaśca karkeṭakadhanañjayau /  
mahākarṇamahānīlau dhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakau //

### [2.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.35)

karavīraḥ puṣpadaṃṣṭraḥ sumukho durmukhastathā /  
sūnāmukho dadhimukhaḥ kāliyaścālipiṇḍakaḥ //

### [2.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.36)

kapilaścāṃbarīṣaśca akrūraśca kapitthakaḥ /  
prahrādastu brahmaṇāśca gandharvo 'tha maṇisthakaḥ //

### [2.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.37)

nahuṣaḥ kararomā ca maṇirityevamādayaḥ /  
kādraveyāḥ samākhyātāḥ khaśāyāstu nibodhata //

### [2.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.38)

khaśā vijajñe dvau putrau vikṛtau paruṣavratau /  
śreṣṭhaṃ paścimasaṃdhyāyāṃ pūrvasyāṃ ca kanīyasam //

### [2.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.39)

vilohitaikakarṇaṃ ca pūrvaṃ sājanayatsutam /  
caturbhujaṃ catuṣpādaṃ kiñcitspandaṃ dvidhāgatim //

### [2.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.40)

sarvaṅgakeśaṃ sthūlāṅgaṃ śubhanāsaṃ mahodaram /  
svacchaśīrṣaṃ mahākarṇaṃ muñjakeśaṃ mahābalam //

### [2.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.41)

hrasvāsyaṃ dīrghajihvaṃ ca bahudaṃṣṭraṃ mahāhanum /  
raktapiṅgākṣapādaṃ ca sthūlabhrūdīrghanāsikam //

### [2.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.42)

guhyakaṃ śitikaṇṭhaṃ ca mahāpādaṃ mahāmukham /  
evaṃvidhaṃ khaśāputraṃ jajñe 'sāvatibhīṣaṇam //

### [2.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.43)

tasyānujaṃ dvitīyaṃ sā hyuṣasyante vyajāyata /  
triśīrṣaṃ ca tripādaṃ ca trihastaṃ kṛṣṇalocanam //

### [2.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.44)

ūrddhvakeśaṃ haricchmaśruṃ śilāsaṃhananaṃ dṛḍham /  
hrasvakāyaṃ prabāhuṃ ca mahākāya mahāravam //

### [2.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.45)

ākarṇadāritāsyaṃ ca balavatsathūlanāsikam /  
sthūlauṣṭhamaṣṭadaṃṣṭra ca jihmāsyaṃ śaṅkukarṇakam //

### [2.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.46)

piṅgalodvattanayanaṃ jaṭilaṃ dvandvapiṇḍakam /  
mahāskandhaṃ mahoraskaṃ pṛthughoṇaṃ kṛśodaram //

### [2.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.47)

asthūlaṃ lohitaṃ grīvalaṃbameḍhrāṇḍapiḍakam /  
evaṃvidhaṃ kumāraṃ sā kaniṣṭhaṃ samasūyata //

### [2.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.48)

sadyaḥ prasūtamātrau tau vivṛddhau ca pramādataḥ /  
upayaugasamarthābhyāṃ śarīrābhyāṃ vyavasthitau //

### [2.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.49)

sadyojātau vivṛddhāṅgau mātaraṃ paryakarṣatām /  
tayoḥ pūrvastu yaḥ krūro mātaraṃ so 'bhya karṣata //

### [2.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.50)

bruvaṃśca mātarbhakṣāva rakṣārthaṃ kṣudhayārditaḥ /  
nyaṣedhayatpunarhyenaṃ svayaṃ sa tu kaniṣṭhakaḥ //

### [2.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.51)

pūrveṣāṃ kṣemakṛttvaṃ vai rakṣaitāṃ mātaraṃ svakām /  
bāhubhyāṃ parigṛhyainaṃ mātaraṃ so 'bhyabhāṣayat //

### [2.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.52)

etasminneva kāle tu prādurbhūtastayoḥ pitā /  
tau dṛṣṭvā vikṛtā kārau khaśāṃ tāmabhyabhāṣata //

### [2.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.53)

tau sutau pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā hyekabhūtau bhayānvitau /  
mātureva punaścāṅge pralīyetāṃ svamāyayā //

### [2.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.54)

athābravīdṛṣirbhāryāṃ kimābhyāmuktavatyasi /  
sarvamācakṣva tattvena tavaivāyaṃ vyatikramaḥ //

### [2.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.55)

mātṛtulyaśca janane putro bhavati kanyakā /  
yathāśīlā bhavenmātā tathāśīlo bhavetsutaḥ //

### [2.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.56)

yadvarṇā tu bhavedbhūmistadvarṇaṃ salilaṃ dhruvam /  
mātṝṇāṃ śīladoṣeṇa tathā rūpaguṇaiḥ punaḥ //

### [2.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.57)

vibhinnāstu prajāḥ sarvāstathā khyātivaśena ca /  
ityevamuktvā bhagavānkhaśāmapratimastadā //

### [2.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.58)

putrāvāhūya sāmnā vai cakre tābhyāṃ tu nāmanī /  
putrābhyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ tasyāstadācaṣṭa khaśā tadā //

### [2.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.59)

mātā yathā samākhyātā tarmābhyāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak /  
tena dhātvarthayogena tattadarthe cakāra ha //

### [2.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.60)

mātarbhakṣetyathokto vai khādane bhakṣaṇe ca saḥ /  
bhakṣāvetyuktavāneṣa tasmādyakṣo 'bhavattvayam //

### [2.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.61)

rakṣa ityeṣa dhāturyaḥ pālane sa vibhāvyate /  
uktavāṃścaiṣa yasmāttu rakṣemāṃ mātaraṃ svakām //

### [2.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.62)

nāmnā rakṣo 'parastasmādbhaviṣyati tavātmajaḥ /  
sa tadā tadvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā vikriyāṃ ca tayoḥ pitā //

### [2.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.63)

tadā bhāvinamarthaṃ ca buddhvā mātrā kṛtaṃ tayoḥ /  
tāvṛbhau kṣudhitau dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ parimṛṣṭadhīḥ //

### [2.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.64)

tayoḥ prādiśadāhāraṃ khaśāpatirasṛgvase /  
pitā tau kṣudhitau dṛṣṭvā vara metaṃ tayordadau //

### [2.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.65)

yuvayorhastasaṃsparśādraktadhārāśca sarvaśaḥ /  
sṛṅmāṃsavasābhūtā bhaviṣyantīha kāmataḥ //

### [2.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.66)

naktāhāravihārau ca dvijadevādibhojanau /  
naktaṃ caiva balīyāṃsau divā vai nirbalau yuvām //

### [2.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.67)

mātaraṃ rakṣata imāṃ dharmaścaivānuśiṣyate /  
ityuktvā kāśyapaḥ putrau tatraivāntaradhīyata //

### [2.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.68)

gate pitari tau krūrau nisargādeva dāruṇau /  
viparyayeṣu varttete 'kṛtajñau prāṇihiṃsakau //

### [2.7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.69)

mahābalau mahāsattvau mahākāyau durāsadau /  
māyāvidāvadṛśyau tāvantardhānagatāvubhau //

### [2.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.70)

tau kāmarūpiṇau ghorau nīrujau ca svabhāvataḥ /  
rūpā nurūpairācāraiḥ pracarantau prabādhakau //

### [2.7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.71)

devānṛṣīnpitṝṃścaiva gandharvānkinnarānapi /  
piśācāṃścamanuṣyāṃścapannagānpakṣiṇaḥ paśūn //

### [2.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.72)

bhakṣārthamiha lipsaṃtau ceratustau niśācarau /  
indrasyānucarau caiva kṣubdhau dṛṣṭvā hyatiṣṭhatām //

### [2.7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.73)

rākṣasaṃ taṃ kadācidvai niśīthe hyeka mīśvaram /  
āhāraṃ sa parīpsanvai śabdenānusasāra ha //

### [2.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.74)

āsasāda piśācau vai tvajaḥ śaṇḍhaśca tābubhau /  
kapiputrau mahāvīryauṃ kūṣmāḍau pūrvajāvubhau //

### [2.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.75)

piṅgākṣāvūrddhvaromāṇau vṛttākṣau ca sudāruṇau /  
kanyābhyāṃ sahitau tau tu tābhyāṃ bhartuścikīrṣayā //

### [2.7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.76)

te kanye kāmarūpiṇyau tadācāramubhe ca tam /  
āhārārthe samīhantau sakanyau tu bubhukṣitau //

### [2.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.77)

apaśyatāṃ rakṣasaṃ tau kāmarūpiṇamagrataḥ /  
sahasā sannipātena dṛṣṭvā caiva parasparam //

### [2.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.78)

īkṣamāṇāḥ sthitānyonyaṃ parasparajighṛkṣavaḥ /  
pitarāvūcatuḥ kanye yuvā mānayata drutam //

### [2.7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.79)

jīvagrāhaṃ nigṛhyainaṃ visphurantaṃ padepade /  
tatastamabhisṛtyainaṃ kanye jagṛhatustadā //

### [2.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.80)

saṃgṛhītvā tu hastābhyāmānītaḥ pitṛsaṃsadi /  
tābhyāṃ kanyāgṛhītaṃ taṃ piśācau vīkṣya rakṣasam //

### [2.7.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.81)

apṛcchatāṃ ca kasya tvaṃ sa ca sarvamabhāṣata /  
tasya karmābhijātī ca śrutvā tau rakṣasastadā //

### [2.7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.82)

ajaḥ śaṇḍaśca tasmai te kanyake pratyapādayat /  
tau tuṣṭau karmaṇā tasya kanye te dadatustu vai //

### [2.7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.83)

paiśācaina vivāhena rudantyāvudvavāha saḥ /  
ajaḥ śaṇḍaḥ sutābhyāṃ tu tadā śrāvayatāṃ dhanam //

### [2.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.84)

iyaṃ brahmadhanā nāma kanyā yā sahitā śubhā /  
brahma tasyāparāhāra iti śaṇḍo 'bhyabhāṣata //

### [2.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.85)

iyaṃ jantudhanā nāma kanyā sarvāṅgajantilā /  
jantubhāva dhanādānā ityajau'śrāvayaddhanam //

### [2.7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.86)

sarvāṅgakeśāpāśā ca kanyā jantudhanā tu yā /  
yātudhānaprasūtā sā kanyā caiva mahāravā //

### [2.7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.87)

aruṇā cāpyalomā ca kanyā brahmadhanā tu yā /  
brahmadhānaprasūtā sā kanyā caiva mahāravā //

### [2.7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.88)

evaṃ piśācakanye te mithune dve prasūyatām /  
tayoḥ prajānisargaṃ ca kathayiṣye nibodhata //

### [2.7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.89)

hetiḥ prahetirugraśca pauruṣeyau vadhastathā /  
vidyutsphūrjaśca vātaśca āyo pyāghrastathaiva ca //

### [2.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.90)

sūryaśca rākṣasā hyete yātudhānātmajā daśa /  
mālyavāṃśca sumālī ca prahetitanayau śṛṇu //

### [2.7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.91)

prahetitanayaḥ śrīmānapulomā nāma viśrutaḥ /  
madhuḥ paro mahograstu lavaṇastasya cātmajaḥ //

### [2.7.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.92)

mahāyogabalopeto mahā devamupasthitaḥ /  
ugrasya putrau vikrānto vajrahā nāma viśrutaḥ //

### [2.7.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.93)

pauruṣeyasutāḥ pañca puruṣādā mahābalāḥ /  
kūraśca vikṛtaścaiva rudhirādastathaiva ca //

### [2.7.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.94)

medāśaścavapāśaśca nāmabhiḥ parikīrttitāḥ /  
vadhaputrau durācārau vighnaśca śāmanaśca ha //

### [2.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.95)

vidyutputro durācāro rasano nāma rākṣasaḥ /  
sphūrjakṣetre nikuṃbhastu jāto vai brahmarākṣasaḥ //

### [2.7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.96)

vātaputro virodhastu tathā yasya janātakaḥ /  
vyāghra putro nirānandaḥ kratūnāṃ vighnakārakaḥ //

### [2.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.97)

sarvasya cānvaye jātā pūrāḥ sarpāśca rākṣasāḥ /  
yātudhānāḥ parikrāntā brahma dhānānnibodhata //

### [2.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.98)

yajñāpeto dhṛtiḥ kṣemo brahmapetaśca yajñahā /  
śvātoṃ'bukaḥ kelisarpauṃ brahmadhānātmajā nava //

### [2.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.99)

svasāro brahmarākṣasyasteṣāṃ cemāḥ sudāruṇāḥ /  
raktakarṇī mahājihvā kṣamā ceṣṭāpahāriṇī //

### [2.7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.100)

etāsāmanvaye jātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ brahmarākṣasāḥ /  
ityete rākṣasāḥ krāntā yakṣasyavinibodhata //

### [2.7.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.101)

cakame sarasaṃ yakṣaḥ pañcacūḍāṃ kratusthalām /  
tallipsuścintayānaḥ sa devodyānāni mārgate //

### [2.7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.102)

vaibhrājaṃ surabhiṃ caiva tathā caitrarathaṃ ca yat /  
viśokaṃ sumanaṃ caiva nandanaṃ ca vanottamam //

### [2.7.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.103)

bahūni ramaṇīyāni mārgate jātalālasaḥ /  
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ nandane so 'tha apsarobhiḥ sahāsinīm //

### [2.7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.104)

nopāyaṃ vindate tatra tasyā lābhāya cintayan /  
dūṣitaḥ svena rūpeṇa karmaṇā caiva dūṣitaḥ //

### [2.7.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.105)

mamodvijanti hiṃsrasya tathābhūtāni sarvaśaḥ /  
tatkathaṃ nāma cārvagīṃ prāpnuyāmahamaṅganām //

### [2.7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.106)

dṛṣṭvopāyaṃ tataḥ so 'tha śīghrakārī vyavarttayat /  
kṛtvā rūpaṃ vasurucergandharvasya ca guhyakaḥ //

### [2.7.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.107)

tataḥ so 'psarasāṃ madhye tā jacagrāha kratusthalām /  
buddhvā vasuruciṃ taṃ sā bhāvenaivābhyāvarttata //

### [2.7.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.108)

saṃbhūtaḥ sa tayā sārddhaṃ dṛśyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ /  
jagāma maithunaṃ yakṣaḥ putrārthaṃ sa tayā saha //

### [2.7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.109)

dṛśyamāno 'psaro lipsuḥ śaṅkāṃ naiva cakāra saḥ /  
tataḥ saṃsiddhakāraṇaḥ sadyo jātaḥ sutastu vai //

### [2.7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.110)

uchrayātpariṇāhena sadyo vṛddhaḥ śriyā jvalan /  
rājāhamiti nābhirhi pitaraṃ so 'bhyavādayat //

### [2.7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.111)

bhavān rajatanābheti pitā taṃ pratyuvāca ha /  
mātrānurūpo rūpema piturvīryeṇajāyate //

### [2.7.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.112)

jāte tasminkumāre tu svarupaṃ prayapadyata /  
svarūpaṃ pratipadyante gūhanto yakṣarākṣasāḥ //

### [2.7.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.113)

suptā mriyantaḥ kruddhāśca bhītāste harṣitāstathā /  
tato 'bravītso 'psarasaṃ smayamānastu guhyakaḥ //

### [2.7.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.114)

gṛhaṃ me gaccha bhadraṃ te saputrā tvaṃ varānane /  
ityuktvā sahasā tatra dṛṣṭvā svaṃ rūpamāsthitam //

### [2.7.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.115)

vibhrāntāḥ pradrutāḥ sarvāḥ sametyāpsarasastadā /  
gacchantīmanvagacchattāṃ putrastaptāṃ tvayanśirā //

### [2.7.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.116)

gandharvāpsarasāṃ madhye nayitvā sa nyavarttata /  
tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā samutpattiṃ yakṣasyāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ //

### [2.7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.117)

yakṣāṇāṃ tu janitrī tvaṃ ityūcustāṃ kratusthalām /  
jagāma saha putreṇa tato yakṣaḥ svamālayam //

### [2.7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.118)

nyagrodho rohiṇo nāmnā śerate tatra guhyakāḥ /  
tasminnivāso yakṣāṇāṃ nyagrodhe rohiṇe smṛtaḥ //

### [2.7.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.119)

yakṣo rajatanābhaśca guhyakānāṃ pitāmahaḥ /  
anuhrādasya daityasya bhadrāṃ maṇivarāṃ sutām //

### [2.7.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.120)

upayeme 'navadyāṅgīṃ tasyāṃ maṇivaro vaśī /  
jajñe sā maṇibhadraṃ ca śakratulyaparākramamam //

### [2.7.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.121)

tayoḥ patnyau bhaginyau ca kratusthasyātmaje śubhe /  
nāmnā puṇyajanī caiva tathā devajanī ca yā //

### [2.7.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.122)

vijajñe paṇibhadrātu putrānpuṇyajanī śubhā /  
siddhārthaṃ sūryatejaśca sumanaṃ nandanaṃ tathā //

### [2.7.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.123)

maṇḍūkaṃ rucakaṃ caiva maṇimantaṃ vasuṃ tathā /  
sarvānubhūtaṃ śaṅkhaṃ ca piṅgākṣaṃ bhīrumeva ca //

### [2.7.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.124)

asomaṃ dūrasomaṃ ca padmaṃ candraprabhaṃ tathā /  
meghavarṇaṃ subhadraṃ ca pradyotaṃ ca mahādyutim //

### [2.7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.125)

dyuti mantaṃ ketumantaṃ darśanīyaṃ sudarśanam /  
catvāro viṃśatiścaiva putrāḥ puṇyajanībhavāḥ //

### [2.7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.126)

jajñire maṇibhadrasya sarve te puṇyalakṣaṇāḥ /  
teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca yakṣāḥ puṇyajanāḥ śubhāḥ //

### [2.7.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.127)

vijajñe vai devajanī putrānmaṇivarāñchubhā /  
pūrṇabhadraṃ haimavantaṃ maṇimantravivarddhanau //

### [2.7.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.128)

kusuṃ caraṃ piśaṅgaṃ ca sthūlakarṇaṃ mahāmudam /  
svetaṃ ca vimalaṃ caiva puṣpadantaṃ cayāvaham //

### [2.7.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.129)

padmavarṇaṃ sucandraṃ ca pakṣañca balakaṃ tathā /  
kumudākṣaṃ sukamalaṃ varddhamānaṃ tathā hitam //

### [2.7.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.130)

padmanābhaṃ sugandhaṃ ca suvīraṃ vijayaṃ kṛtam /  
pūrmamāsaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ sāraṇaṃ caiva mānasam //

### [2.7.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.131)

putrā maṇivarasyaite yakṣā vai guhyakāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
surupāśca suveṣāśca sragviṇaḥ priyadarśanāḥ //

### [2.7.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.132)

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /  
khaśāyāstvapare putrā rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ //

### [2.7.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.133)

teṣāṃ yathā pradhānānvai varṇyamā nānnibodhata /  
lālāviḥ krathano bhīmaḥ sumālī madhureva ca //

### [2.7.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.134)

visphūrjano bṛhajjihvo mātaṅgo dhūmritastathā /  
candrārkabhīkaro budhnaḥ kapilomā prahāsakaḥ //

### [2.7.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.135)

pīḍāparastrinābhaśca vakrākṣaśca niśācaraḥ /  
triśirāḥ śatadaṃṣṭraśca tuṇḍakośaśca rākṣasaḥ //

### [2.7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.136)

aśvaścākaṃpanaścaiva durmukhaśca niśācaraḥ /  
ityete rākṣasavārā vikrāntā gaṇarūpimaḥ //

### [2.7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.137)

sarvalokacarāste tu tridaśānāṃ samakramāḥ /  
sapta cānyā duhitarastāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ yathākramam //

### [2.7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.138)

yāsāṃ ca yaḥ prajāsargo yena cotpāditā gaṇāḥ /  
ālaṃbā utkacotkṛṣṭā nirṛtā kapilā śivā //

### [2.7.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.139)

keśinī ca mahābhāgā bhaginyaḥ sapta yāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
tābhyo lokanikāyasya hantāro yuddhadurmadāḥ //

### [2.7.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.140)

udīrṇā rākṣasagaṇā ime cotpāditāḥ śubhāḥ /  
ālaṃbeyo gaṇaḥ krūra autkaceyo gaṇastathā //

### [2.7.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.141)

tathau tkārṣṭeyaśaiveyau rakṣasāṃ hyuttamā gaṇāḥ /  
tathaiva nairṛto nāma tryaṃbakānucareṇa ha //

### [2.7.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.142)

utpāditaḥ prajākarge gaṇeśvaravareṇa tu /  
vikrāntāḥ śauryasaṃpannā nairṛtā devarākṣasāḥ //

### [2.7.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.143)

yeṣāmadhipatiryukto nāmnā khyāto virūpakaḥ /  
teṣāṃ gaṇaśatānīkā uddhatānāṃ mahātmanām //

### [2.7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.144)

prāyeṇānucarantyete śaṅkaraṃ jagataḥ prabhum /  
daityarājena kumbhena mahākāyā mahātmanā //

### [2.7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.145)

utpāditā mahāvīryā mahābalaparākramāḥ /  
kāpileyā mahāvīryā udīrṇā daityarākṣasāḥ //

### [2.7.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.146)

kapilena ca yakṣeṇa keśinyāṃ hyapare janāḥ /  
utpāditā balāvatā udīrṇā yakṣarākṣasāḥ //

### [2.7.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.147)

keśinī duhitā caiva nīlā yā śrudrarākṣasī /  
ālaṃbeyena janitā naikāḥ surasikena hi //

### [2.7.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.148)

nailā iti samākhyātā durjayā ghoravikramāḥ /  
caranti pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tatra te devalaukikāḥ //

### [2.7.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.149)

bahutvāccaivasargasya teṣāṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate /  
tasyāstvapi ca nīlāyā vikacā nāma rākṣasī //

### [2.7.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.150)

duhitā sutāśca vikayā mahā sattvaparākramāḥ /  
virūpakena tasyāṃ vai nairṛtena iha prajāḥ //

### [2.7.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.151)

utpāditāḥ sughorāśca śṛṇu tāstvanupūrvaśaḥ /  
daṃṣṭrākarālā vikṛtā mahākarṇā mahodarāḥ //

### [2.7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.152)

hārakā bhīṣakāścaiva tathaiva klāmakāḥ pare /  
reravākāḥ piśācāśca vāhakāstrāsakāḥ pare //

### [2.7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.153)

bhūmirākṣasakā hyete mandāḥ parupavikramāḥ /  
carantyadṛṣṭapūrvāstu nānākārā hyanekaśaḥ //

### [2.7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.154)

utkṛṣṭabalasattvā ye teṣāṃ vaikhecarāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
lakṣamātreṇa cākāśaṃ svalpātsvalpaṃ caranti vai //

### [2.7.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.155)

etairvyāptamidaṃ viśvaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /  
bhūmirākṣasakaiḥ sarvairanekaiḥ kṣudrarākṣasaiḥ //

### [2.7.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.156)

nānāprakārairākrāntā nānā deśāḥ samantataḥ /  
samāsābhihitāścaivahyaṣṭau rākṣasamātaraḥ //

### [2.7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.157)

aṣṭau vibhāgā hyeṣāṃ hi vyākhyātā anupūrvaśaḥ /  
bhadrakā nikarāḥ kecidajñaniṣpattihetukāḥ //

### [2.7.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.158)

sahasraśatasaṃkhyātā martya lokavicāriṇaḥ /  
pūtarā mātṛsāmānyāstathā bhūtabhayaṅkarāḥ //

### [2.7.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.159)

bālānāṃ mānuṣe loke grahā maraṇahetukāḥ /  
skandagrahādayo hāsyā āpakāstrāsakādayaḥ //

### [2.7.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.160)

kaumārāste tu vijñeyā bālānāṃ gṛhavṛttayaḥ /  
skandagrahaviśeṣāṇāṃ māyikānāṃ tathaiva ca //

### [2.7.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.161)

pūtanā nāma bhūtānāṃ ye ca lokavināyakāḥ /  
evaṃ gaṇasahasrāṇi caranti pṛthivīmimām //

### [2.7.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.162)

yakṣāḥ puṇyajanā nāmapūrṇabhadrāśca ye smṛtāḥ /  
yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca paulastyāgastayaśca ye //

### [2.7.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.163)

nairṛtānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ rājabhūdalakādhipaḥ /  
yakṣādṛṣṭyā pibantīha nṝṇāṃ māṃsamasṛgvase //

### [2.7.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.164)

rakṣāṃsyanupraveśena piśācaiḥ paripīḍanaiḥ /  
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāḥ samāmaiścāpi daivataiḥ //

### [2.7.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.165)

bhāsvarā balavantaśca īśvarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ /  
anābhibhāvyā vikrāntāḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ //

### [2.7.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.166)

sūkṣmāścaujasvinomedhyā varadā yājñikāśca vai /  
devānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ hyetadasurāṇāṃ tathaiva ca //

### [2.7.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.167)

hīnā devaistribhiḥ pādairgandharvāpsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ /  
gandharvebhyastribhiḥ pādairhīnā guhyakarākṣasāḥ //

### [2.7.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.168)

aiśvaryahīnā rakṣobhyaḥ piśācāstriguṇāṃ punaḥ /  
evandhanena rūpeṇa āyuṣā ca balena ca //

### [2.7.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.169)

dharmaiśvaryeṇa buddhyā ca tapaḥśrutaparākramaiḥ /  
devāsurebhyo hīyante trīṃstrīnpādānparasparam //

### [2.7.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.170)

gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntāścatasro devayonayaḥ /  
ataḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ krodhavaśānvayāḥ //

### [2.7.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.171)

krodhāyāḥ kanyakā jajñe dvādaśaivātmasaṃbhavāḥ /  
tā bhāryā pulahasyāsannāmato me nibodhata //

### [2.7.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.172)

mṛgī ca mṛgamandā ca haribhadrā tvirāvatī /  
bhūtā ca kapiśā daṃṣṭrā ṛṣā tiryā tathaiva ca //

### [2.7.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.173)

śvetā ca saramā caiva surasā ceti viśrutā /  
mṛgyāstu harigāḥ putrā mṛgaścānye śaśāstathā //

### [2.7.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.174)

nyaṅkavaḥśarabhā ye ca ruravaḥ pṛṣatāśca ye /  
ṛkṣāśca mṛgamandāyā gavayāścāpare tathā //

### [2.7.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.175)

mahiṣoṣṭravarāhaśca khaḍgā gauramukhāstathā /  
haryyā stu harayaḥ putrā golāṅgūlāstarakṣavaḥ //

### [2.7.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.176)

vānarāḥ kinnarāścaiva māyuḥ kiṃpuruṣāstathā /  
siṃhāvyāghrāśca nīlāścadvīpinaḥ krodhitādharāḥ //

### [2.7.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.177)

sarpāścājagarā grāhā mārjārā mūṣikāḥ pare /  
maṇḍūkā nakulāścaiva valkakā vanagocarāḥ //

### [2.7.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.178)

haṃsaṃ tu prathamaṃ jajñe pulahasya varaṃ śubhā /  
raṇacandraṃ śatamukhaṃ darīmukhamathāpi ca //

### [2.7.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.179)

haritaṃ harivarmāṇaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam /  
prathitaṃ mathitaṃ caiva hariṇaṃ lāṅgaliṃ tathā //

### [2.7.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.180)

śvetāyā jajñire vīrā daśa vānarapuṅgavāḥ /  
ūrddhvadṛṣṭiḥ kṛtāhāraḥ suvrato vinato budhaḥ //

### [2.7.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.181)

pārijātaḥ sujātaśca haridāso guṇākaraḥ /  
kṣemamūrtiśca balavān rājānaḥ sarva eva te //

### [2.7.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.182)

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca balavantaḥ suduḥsahāḥ /  
aśakyāḥ samarejetuṃ devadānavamānavaiḥ //

### [2.7.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.183)

yakṣabhūtapiśācaiśca rākṣasaiḥ subhujaṅgamaiḥ /  
nāgniśastraviṣairanyairmṛtyureṣāṃ vidhīyate //

### [2.7.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.184)

asaṃgagatayaḥ sarve pṛthivyāṃ vyomni caiva hi /  
pātāle ca jale vāyau hyavināśina eva te //

### [2.7.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.185)

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi daśārbudaśatāni ca /  
mahāpadmasahasrāṇi mahāpadmaśatāni ca //

### [2.7.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.186)

daśārbudāni koṭīnāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ śatam /  
niyutānāṃ sahasrāṇi nikharvāṇāṃ tathai va ca //

### [2.7.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.187)

daśārbudāni koṭīnāṃ ṣaṣṭikoṭistathaiva ca /  
arbudānāṃ ca lakṣaṃ tu koṭīśatamathāparam //

### [2.7.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.188)

daśa padmāni cānyāni mahāpadmāni vai nava /  
saṃkhyātāni kulīnānāṃ vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām //

### [2.7.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.189)

sarve tejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kāmarūpā mahā balāḥ /  
divyābharaṇaveṣāśca brahmaṇyāścāhitagnayaḥ //

### [2.7.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.190)

yaṣṭāraḥ sarvayajñānāṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇāḥ /  
mukuṭaiḥ kuṇḍalairhāraiḥ keyūraiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ //

### [2.7.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.191)

vedavedāṅgavidvāṃso nītiśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ /  
astrāṇāṃ mocane cāpi tathā saṃhārakarmaṇi //

### [2.7.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.192)

divyamaṃ trapuraskārā divyamantrapuraskṛtāḥ /  
samarthā balinaḥ śūrāḥ sarvaśastraprahāriṇaḥ //

### [2.7.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.193)

divyarūpadharāḥ saumyā jarāmaraṇavarjitāḥ /  
kulānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi daśa teṣāṃ mahātmanām //

### [2.7.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.194)

caturṣu merupārśveṣu hemakūṭe himāhvaye /  
nīle śvetanage caiva niṣadhe gandhamādane //

### [2.7.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.195)

dvīpeṣu saptasu tathā yā guhā te ca parvatāḥ /  
nilayāsteṣu te proktā viśvakarmakṛtā svayam //

### [2.7.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.196)

puraiśca vividhākāraiḥ prakāraiśca vibhūṣitāḥ /  
sarvarturamaṇīyāste hyudyānāni ca sarvaśaḥ //

### [2.7.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.197)

gṛhabhūmiṣu śayyāsu puṣpagandhasukhoditāḥ /  
ālepanaiśca vividhairdivyabhaktikṛtaistathā //

### [2.7.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.198)

sarvaratnasamākīrṇā mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ /  
vānarā vānarībhiste divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ //

### [2.7.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.7.199)

pibanto madhu mādhvīkaṃ sudhābhakṣānumiśritam /  
kriyāmayāḥ samuditā divi devagaṇā iva //

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## Linked texts (4)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.8.50) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.32.44) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.99) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.166) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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