[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.54 # Garudapurana 1.54 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.18) — 1 part ### [1.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 54 hariruvāca / agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca bapuṣmāndhyutimāṃstathā / medhāmedhātithirbhavyaḥ śabalaḥ putra eva ca // > Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 54 > Hari said: / Āgnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Vapuṣmat, and Dyutimat, / Medhas, Medhātithi, Bhavya, and the son Śabala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.2) jyotiṣmāndaśamo jātaḥ putrā hyete priyavratāt / medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ // > and Jyotiṣmat born as the tenth—these were the sons from Priyavrata. / Three sons, Medhas, Agnibāhu, and \[his brother\], were devoted to yoga; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.3) jātismarā mahābhāgā nairājyāya mamo daṣuḥ / vibhajya sapta dvīpāni saptānāṃ pradadau nṛpaḥ // > remembering their past lives, highly fortunate, they did not desire kingship. / Dividing the seven continents, the king gave them to the seven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.4) yojanānāṃ pramāṇena pañcāśatkoṭirāplutā / jalopari mahī yātā maurivāste sarijjale // > Covering fifty crore yojanas in measure, / the earth rests upon the water, floating like a boat on the water of a river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.5) jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmalaścāparo hara / kuśaḥ krauñcastathā śākaḥ puṣkaraścaiva saptamaḥ // > The two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and another is Śālmala, O Hara; / Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara is the seventh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.6) ete dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ / lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdādhidugdhajalaiḥ samam // > These seven continents are surrounded by seven oceans / containing salt, sugar-cane juice, wine, clarified butter, curd, milk, and water respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.7) dvīpāttu dviguṇo dvīpaḥ samudraśca vṛṣadhvaja / jambūdvīpe sthito merurlakṣayojanavistṛtaḥ // > Each continent and each ocean is twice the size \[of the preceding\], O bull-bannered Lord. / Situated on Jambūdvīpa is Mount Meru, one hundred thousand yojanas wide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.8) caturaśītisāhasrairyojanairasya cocchrayaḥ / praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvatriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ // > Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas; / it has entered sixteen \[thousand yojanas\] beneath, and is thirty-two \[thousand\] wide at the summit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.9) adhaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraḥ karṇikākārasaṃsyitaḥ / himavānhemakūṭaśca niṣadhaścāsya dakṣiṇe // > Beneath it is sixteen thousand \[yojanas\], situated in the shape of a lotus pericarp. / Himavat, Hemakūṭa, and Niṣadha are to its south; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.10) nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ / plakṣādiṣu narā rudra ye vasanti sanātanāḥ // > Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgin are the boundary mountains to the north. / The eternal men, O Rudra, who dwell on Plakṣa and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.11) śaṅkarātha na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kathañcana / jambūdvīpeśvarātputrā hyagrīdhnādabhavannava // > O Śaṅkara, have no condition of yugas at all among them. / From Āgnīdhra, the lord of Jambūdvīpa, there were nine sons: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.12) nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaścaiva harivarṣamilā vṛtaḥ / ramyo hiraṇmayākhyaśca kururbhadrāśva eva ca // > Nābhi, Kiṃpuruṣa, Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛta, / Ramya, the one named Hiraṇmaya, Kuru, and Bhadrāśva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.13) ketumālo nṛpastebhyastatsaṃjñān khaṇḍakāndadau / nābhestu merudevyāṃ tu putro 'bhūdṛṣabho hara // > and King Ketumāla. He gave them the realms named after themselves. / From Nābhi and Merudevī, O Hara, was born Ṛṣabha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.14) tatputro bharato nāma śālagrāme sthito vratī / sumatirbharatasyābhūttatputrastaijaso 'bhavat // > His son was named Bharata, who observed vows and dwelt at Śālagrāma. / Sumati was the son of Bharata, and his son was Taijasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.15) indradyumnaśca tatputraḥ parameṣṭhī tataḥ smṛtaḥ / pratīhāraścatatputraḥ pratihartā tadātmajaḥ // > His son was Indradyumna, after whom Parameṣṭhin is remembered; / Pratīhāra was his son, and Pratihartā was his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.16) sutastasmādathai jātaḥ prastārastatsuto vibhuḥ / pṛthuśca tatsuto nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ smṛtaḥ // > From him then was born a son, Prastāra; his son was the mighty Vibhu; / his son was Pṛthu; Nakta was his, and Gaya is remembered as Nakta’s son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.17) naro gayasya tanayastatputrobhudvirāḍagataḥ / tato dhīmānmahātejā bhauvanastasya cātmajaḥ // > Nara was the son of Gaya; his son was Virāṭ; / after him came the wise, exceptionally splendid Bhauvana, who was his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.18) tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuśca virajā rajastasyāpyabhūtsutaḥ / śatajidrajasastasya viṣvagjyotiḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ // > Then came Tvaṣṭṛ, and Tvaṣṭṛ’s son was Virajas; Rajas also was his son; / Śatajit was the son of Rajas, and Viṣvagjyotis is remembered as his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.54.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54.18.p1) iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhuvanakośavarṇanopayogipriyavratavaṃśanirūpaṇaṃ nāma catuḥ pañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Delineation of the Lineage of Priyavrata Useful for Describing the Cosmography', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.54.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.1.7) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.18.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.11.16) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.11.16) — Basava, Sanskrit - [Dānamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danamayukha.3.p41) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.54) · Pramāṇa