Garudapurana 1.90

English (machine translation) 1.90

Language: English

1.90.6 — 1 part

1.90.1

The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — [Chapter] 90 / Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, from the midst of the river, an exquisite, slender-limbed, / excellent apsaras named Pramlocā arose near him.

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And that excellent apsaras Pramlocā spoke in exceedingly sweet words / to the great-souled Ruci, and further propitiated him:

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‘An exceedingly beautiful maiden, an excellent woman, by my grace / was born by Puṣkara, the high-souled son of Varuṇa.

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Accept her, a fair-complexioned woman given by me, as a wife; / in her, a son, a wise Manu, will be born to you.’

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Mārkaṇḍeya said: / When she had also been told, ‘So be it,’ by him, she brought up from that water / a shapely maiden, Māninī by name.

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And having brought her to that riverbank, O best of sages, / the sage, that great sage, took her hand in marriage according to the rules.

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In her, a son of great prowess and great splendour was born to him.

Linked texts (1)

Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit