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# Lingapurana 1.63

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.63

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.63.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.95) — 1 part

### [1.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.1)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām  
utpattiṃ brūhi sūtādya yathākramamanuttamam //

### [1.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.2)

sūta uvāca  
saṃkalpāddarśanātsparśāt pūrveṣāṃ sṛṣṭirucyate  
dakṣātprācetasādūrdhvaṃ sṛṣṭirmaithunasaṃbhavā //

### [1.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.3)

yadā tu sṛjatastasya devarṣigaṇapannagān  
na vṛddhimagamallokas tadā maithunayogataḥ //

### [1.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.4)

dakṣaḥ putrasahasrāṇi pañca sūtyāmajījanat  
tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā mahābhāgān sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ //

### [1.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.5)

nāradaḥ prāha haryaśvān dakṣaputrān samāgatān  
bhuvaḥ pramāṇaṃ sarvaṃ tu jñātvordhvamadha eva ca //

### [1.63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.6)

tataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ viśeṣeṇa kurudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ  
te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam //

### [1.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.7)

adyāpi na nivartante samudrādiva sindhavaḥ  
haryaśveṣu ca naṣṭeṣu punardakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ //

### [1.63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.8)

sūtyāmeva ca putrāṇāṃ sahasramasṛjatprabhuḥ  
śabalā nāma te viprāḥ sametāḥ sṛṣṭihetavaḥ //

### [1.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.9)

nārado 'nugatānprāha punastānsūryavarcasaḥ  
bhuvaḥ pramāṇaṃ sarvaṃ tu jñātvā bhrātṝn punaḥ punaḥ //

### [1.63.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.10)

āgatya vātha sṛṣṭiṃ vai kariṣyatha viśeṣataḥ  
te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa jagmurbhrātṛgatiṃ tathā //

### [1.63.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.11)

tatasteṣvapi naṣṭeṣu ṣaṣṭikanyāḥ prajāpatiḥ  
vairiṇyāṃ janayāmāsa dakṣaḥ prācetasastadā //

### [1.63.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.12)

prādātsa daśakaṃ dharme kaśyapāya trayodaśa  
viṃśatsapta ca somāya catasro 'riṣṭanemaye //

### [1.63.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.13)

dve caiva bhṛguputrāya dve kṛśāśvāya dhīmate  
dve caivāṅgirase tadvat tāsāṃ nāmāni vistarāt //

### [1.63.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.14)

śṛṇudhvaṃ devamātṝṇāṃ prajāvistāramāditaḥ  
marutvatī vasūr yāmir lambā bhānurarundhatī //

### [1.63.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.15)

saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhāminī  
dharmapatnyaḥ samākhyātās tāsāṃ putrānvadāmi vaḥ //

### [1.63.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.16)

viśvedevāstu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyānajījanat  
marutvatyāṃ marutvanto vasostu vasavas tathā //

### [1.63.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.17)

bhānostu bhānavaḥ proktā muhūrtāyā muhūrtakāḥ  
lambāyā ghoṣanāmāno nāgavīthistu yāmijaḥ //

### [1.63.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.18)

saṃkalpāyāstu saṃkalpo vasusargaṃ vadāmi vaḥ  
jyotiṣmantastu ye devā vyāpakāḥ sarvatodiśam //

### [1.63.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.19)

vasavaste samākhyātāḥ sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇaḥ  
āpo dhruvaś ca somaś ca dharaścaivānilo 'nalaḥ //

### [1.63.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.20)

pratyūṣaś ca prabhāsaś ca vasavo 'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ  
ajaikapād ahirbudhnyo virūpākṣaḥ sabhairavaḥ //

### [1.63.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.21)

haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryaṃbakaś ca sureśvaraḥ  
sāvitraś ca jayantaś ca pinākī cāparājitaḥ //

### [1.63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.22)

ete rudrāḥ samākhyātā ekādaśa gaṇeśvarāḥ  
kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi patnībhyaḥ putrapautrakam //

### [1.63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.23)

aditiś ca ditiścaiva ariṣṭā surasā muniḥ  
surabhir vinatā tāmrā tadvat krodhavaśā ilā //

### [1.63.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.24)

kadrūstviṣā danustadvat tāsāṃ putrānvadāmi vaḥ  
tuṣitā nāma ye devāś cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ //

### [1.63.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.25)

vaivasvatāntare te vai ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ  
indro dhātā bhagastvaṣṭa mitro 'tha varuṇo 'ryamā //

### [1.63.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.26)

vivasvānsavitā pūṣā aṃśumān viṣṇureva ca  
ete sahasrakiraṇā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ //

### [1.63.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.27)

ditiḥ putradvayaṃ lebhe kaśyapāditi naḥ śrutam  
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ caiva hiraṇyākṣaṃ tathaiva ca //

### [1.63.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.28)

danuḥ putraśataṃ lebhe kaśyapād baladarpitam  
vipracittiḥ pradhāno 'bhūt teṣāṃ madhye dvijottamāḥ //

### [1.63.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.29)

tāmrā ca janayāmāsa ṣaṭ kanyā dvijapuṅgavāḥ  
śukīṃ śyenīṃ ca bhāsīṃ ca sugrīvīṃ gṛdhrikāṃ śucim //

### [1.63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.30)

śukī śukānulūkāṃś ca janayāmāsa dharmataḥ  
śyenī śyenāṃs tathā bhāsī kuraṅgāṃś ca vyajījanat //

### [1.63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.31)

gṛdhrī gṛdhrān kapotāṃś ca pārāvatī vihaṃgamān  
haṃsasārasakāraṇḍaplavāñchucirajījanat //

### [1.63.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.32)

ajāśvameṣoṣṭrakharān sugrīvī cāpyajījanat  
vinatā janayāmāsa garuḍaṃ cāruṇaṃ śubhā //

### [1.63.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.33)

saudāminīṃ tathā kanyāṃ sarvalokabhayaṅkarīm  
surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ tu sarpāṇāmabhavatpurā //

### [1.63.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.34)

kadrūḥ sahasraśirasāṃ sahasraṃ prāpa suvratā  
pradhānāsteṣu vikhyātāḥ ṣaḍviṃśatiranuttamāḥ //

### [1.63.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.35)

śeṣavāsukikarkoṭaśaṅkhairāvatakambalāḥ  
dhanañjayamahānīlapadmāśvataratakṣakāḥ //

### [1.63.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.36)

elāpatramahāpadmadhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakāḥ  
śaṅkhapālamahāśaṅkhapuṣpadaṃṣṭraśubhānanāḥ //

### [1.63.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.37)

śaṅkhalomā ca nahuṣo vāmanaḥ phaṇitas tathā  
kapilo durmukhaścāpi patañjaliriti smṛtaḥ //

### [1.63.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.38)

rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā mahāmāyaṃ vyajījanat  
rudrāṇāṃ ca gaṇaṃ tadvad gomahiṣyau varāṅganā //

### [1.63.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.39)

surabhir janayāmāsa kaśyapāditi naḥ śrutam  
munirmunīnāṃ ca gaṇaṃ gaṇamapsarasāṃ tathā //

### [1.63.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.40)

tathā kiṃnaragandharvān ariṣṭājanayadbahūn  
tṛṇavṛkṣalatāgulmam ilā sarvamajījanat //

### [1.63.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.41)

tviṣā tu yakṣarakṣāṃsi janayāmāsa koṭiśaḥ  
ete tu kāśyapeyāś ca saṃkṣepātparikīrtitāḥ //

### [1.63.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.42)

eteṣāṃ putrapautrādivaṃśāś ca bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ  
evaṃ prajāsu sṛṣṭāsu kaśyapena mahātmanā //

### [1.63.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.43)

pratiṣṭhitāsu sarvāsu carāsu sthāvarāsu ca  
abhiṣicyādhipatyeṣu teṣāṃ mukhyānprajāpatiḥ //

### [1.63.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.44)

tato manuṣyādhipatiṃ cakre vaivasvataṃ manum  
svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrvaṃ brahmaṇā ye 'bhiṣecitāḥ //

### [1.63.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.45)

tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā saparvatā  
yathopadeśamadyāpi dharmeṇa pratipālyate //

### [1.63.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.46)

svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrve brahmaṇā ye 'bhiṣecitāḥ  
te hyete cābhiṣicyante manavaś ca bhavanti te //

### [1.63.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.47)

manvantareṣvatīteṣu gatā hyeteṣu pārthivāḥ  
evamanye 'bhiṣicyante prāpte manvantare tataḥ //

### [1.63.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.48)

atītānāgatāḥ sarve nṛpā manvantare smṛtāḥ  
etānutpādya putrāṃstu prajāsaṃtānakāraṇāt //

### [1.63.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.49)

kaśyapo gotrakāmastu cacāra sa punastapaḥ  
putro gotrakaro mahyaṃ bhavatād iti cintayan //

### [1.63.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.50)

tasyaivaṃ dhyāyamānasya kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ  
brahmayogātsutau paścāt prādurbhūtau mahaujasau //

### [1.63.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.51)

vatsaraścāsitaścaiva tāvubhau brahmavādinau  
vatsarānnaidhruvo jajñe raibhyaś ca sumahāyaśāḥ //

### [1.63.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.52)

raibhyasya raibhyā vijñeyā naidhruvasya vadāmi vaḥ  
cyavanasya tu kanyāyāṃ sumedhāḥ samapadyata //

### [1.63.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.53)

naidhruvasya tu sā patnī mātā vai kuṇḍapāyinām  
asitasyaikaparṇāyāṃ brahmiṣṭhaḥ samapadyata //

### [1.63.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.54)

śāṇḍilyānāṃ varaḥ śrīmān devalaḥ sumahātapāḥ  
śāṇḍilyā naidhruvā raibhyās trayaḥ pakṣāstu kāśyapāḥ //

### [1.63.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.55)

nava prakṛtayo devāḥ pulastyasya vadāmi vaḥ  
caturyuge hyatikrānte manorekādaśe prabhoḥ //

### [1.63.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.56)

ardhāvaśiṣṭe tasmiṃstu dvāpare sampravartite  
mānavasya nariṣyantaḥ putra āsīd damaḥ kila //

### [1.63.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.57)

damasya tasya dāyādas tṛṇabinduriti smṛtaḥ  
tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha //

### [1.63.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.58)

tasya kanyā tvilavilā rūpeṇāpratimābhavat  
pulastyāya sa rājarṣis tāṃ kanyāṃ pratyapādayat //

### [1.63.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.59)

ṛṣir airavilo yasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata  
tasya patnyaścatasrastu paulastyakulavardhanāḥ //

### [1.63.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.60)

bṛhaspateḥ śubhā kanyā nāmnā vai devavarṇinī  
puṣpotkaṭā balākā ca sute mālyavataḥ smṛteḥ //

### [1.63.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.61)

kaikasī mālinaḥ kanyā tāsāṃ vai śṛṇuta prajāḥ  
jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ tasmāt suṣuve devavarṇinī //

### [1.63.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.62)

kaikasī cāpyajanayad rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam  
kumbhakarṇaṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ dhīmantaṃ ca vibhīṣaṇam //

### [1.63.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.63)

puṣpotkaṭā hyajanayat putrāṃstasmāddvijottamāḥ  
mahodaraṃ prahastaṃ ca mahāpārśvaṃ kharaṃ tathā //

### [1.63.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.64)

kumbhīnasīṃ tathā kanyāṃ balāyāḥ śṛṇuta prajāḥ  
triśirā dūṣaṇaścaiva vidyujjihvaś ca rākṣasaḥ //

### [1.63.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.65)

kanyā vai mālikā cāpi balāyāḥ prasavaḥ smṛtaḥ  
ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā nava //

### [1.63.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.66)

vibhīṣaṇo 'tiśuddhātmā dharmajñaḥ parikīrtitaḥ  
pulastyasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyāghrāś ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ //

### [1.63.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.67)

bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāś ca sūkarā hastinas tathā  
vānarāḥ kiṃnarāścaiva ye ca kiṃpuruṣās tathā //

### [1.63.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.68)

anapatyaḥ kratustasmin smṛto vaivasvate 'ntare  
atreḥ patnyo daśaivāsan suṃdaryaś ca pativratāḥ //

### [1.63.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.69)

bhadrāśvasya ghṛtācyāṃ vai daśāpsarasi sūnavaḥ  
bhadrābhadrā ca jaladā mandā nandā tathaiva ca //

### [1.63.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.70)

balābalā ca viprendrā yā ca gopābalā smṛtā  
tathā tāmarasā caiva varakrīḍā ca vai daśa //

### [1.63.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.71)

ātreyavaṃśaprabhavās tāsāṃ bhartā prabhākaraḥ  
svarbhānupihite sūrye patite 'smindivo mahīm //

### [1.63.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.72)

tamo 'bhibhūte loke 'smin prabhā yena pravartitā  
svastyastu hi tavetyukte patanniha divākaraḥ //

### [1.63.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.73)

brahmarṣervacanāttasya papāta na vibhurdivaḥ  
tataḥ prabhākaretyuktaḥ prabhuratrirmaharṣibhiḥ //

### [1.63.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.74)

bhadrāyāṃ janayāmāsa somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam  
sa tāsu janayāmāsa punaḥ putrāṃstapodhanaḥ //

### [1.63.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.75)

svastyātreyā iti khyātā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ  
teṣāṃ dvau khyātayaśasau brahmiṣṭhau ca mahaujasau //

### [1.63.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.76)

datto hyatrivaro jyeṣṭho durvāsāstasya cānujaḥ  
yavīyasī svasā teṣām amalā brahmavādinī //

### [1.63.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.77)

tasya gotradvaye jātāś catvāraḥ prathitā bhuvi  
śyāvaś ca pratvasaścaiva vavalguścātha gahvaraḥ //

### [1.63.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.78)

ātreyāṇāṃ ca catvāraḥ smṛtāḥ pakṣā mahātmanām  
kāśyapo nāradaścaiva parvatānuddhatas tathā //

### [1.63.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.79)

jajñire mānasā hyete arundhatyā nibodhata  
nāradastu vasiṣṭhāyā-rundhatīṃ pratyapādayat //

### [1.63.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.80)

ūrdhvaretā mahātejā dakṣaśāpāttu nāradaḥ  
purā devāsure yuddhe ghore vai tārakāmaye //

### [1.63.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.81)

anāvṛṣṭyā hate loke hy ugre lokeśvaraiḥ saha  
vasiṣṭhastapasā dhīmān dhārayāmāsa vai prajāḥ //

### [1.63.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.82)

annodakaṃ mūlaphalam oṣadhīś ca pravartayan  
tānetāñjīvayāmāsa kāruṇyādauṣadhena ca //

### [1.63.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.83)

arundhatyāṃ vasiṣṭhastu sutān utpādayacchatam  
jyāyaso 'janayacchakter adṛśyantī parāśaram //

### [1.63.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.84)

rakṣasā bhakṣite śaktau rudhireṇa tu vai tadā  
kālī parāśarājjajñe kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum //

### [1.63.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.85)

dvaipāyano hyaraṇyāṃ vai śukam utpādayatsutam  
upamanyuṃ ca pīvaryāṃ viddhīme śukasūnavaḥ //

### [1.63.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.86)

bhūriśravāḥ prabhuḥ śaṃbhuḥ kṛṣṇo gaurastu pañcamaḥ  
kanyā kīrtimatī caiva yogamātā dhṛtavratā //

### [1.63.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.87)

jananī brahmadattasya patnī sā tvanuhasya ca  
śvetaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca gauraś ca śyāmo dhūmrastathāruṇaḥ //

### [1.63.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.88)

nīlo bādarikaścaiva sarve caite parāśarāḥ  
parāśarāṇāmaṣṭau te pakṣāḥ proktā mahātmanām //

### [1.63.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.89)

ata ūrdhvaṃ nibodhadhvam indrapramitisaṃbhavam  
vasiṣṭhasya kapiñjalyo ghṛtācyāmudapadyata //

### [1.63.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.90)

trimūrtiryaḥ samākhyāta indrapramitirucyate  
pṛthoḥ sutāyāṃ sambhūto bhadrastasyā bhavadvasuḥ //

### [1.63.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.91)

upamanyuḥ sutastasya bahavo hyaupamanyavaḥ  
mitrāvaruṇayoścaiva kauṇḍinyā ye pariśrutāḥ //

### [1.63.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.92)

ekārṣeyās tathā cānye vāsiṣṭhā nāma viśrutāḥ  
ete pakṣā vasiṣṭhānāṃ smṛtā daśa mahātmanām //

### [1.63.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.93)

ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasā viśrutā bhuvi  
bhartāraś ca mahābhāgā eṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

### [1.63.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.94)

trilokadhāraṇe śaktā devarṣikulasaṃbhavāḥ  
teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ //

### [1.63.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.95)

yaistu vyāptāstrayo lokāḥ sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ //

### [1.63.95.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.95.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge devādisṛṣṭikathanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (9)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.2.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.5.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.2.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.6.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.15.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.35) — Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.2.49) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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