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# Lingapurana 1.69

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.69

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.69.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.94) — 1 part

### [1.69.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.1)

sūta uvāca  
sātvataḥ satyasampannaḥ prajajñe caturaḥ sutān  
bhajanaṃ bhrājamānaṃ ca divyaṃ devāvṛdhaṃ nṛpam //

### [1.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.2)

andhakaṃ ca mahābhāgaṃ vṛṣṇiṃ ca yadunandanam  
teṣāṃ nisargāṃścaturaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ vistareṇa vai //

### [1.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.3)

sṛñjayyāṃ bhajanāccaiva bhrājamānādvijajñire  
ayutāyuḥ śatāyuś ca balavān harṣakṛtsmṛtaḥ //

### [1.69.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.4)

teṣāṃ devāvṛdho rājā cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ  
putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama bhūyāditi smaran //

### [1.69.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.5)

tasya babhruriti khyātaḥ puṇyaśloko nṛpottamaḥ  
anuvaṃśapurāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam //

### [1.69.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.6)

guṇāndevāvṛdhasyātha kīrtayanto mahātmanaḥ  
yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrāt saṃpaśyāmastathāntikāt //

### [1.69.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.7)

babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devairdevāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ  
puruṣāḥ pañca ṣaṣṭistu ṣaṭ sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca //

### [1.69.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.8)

ye 'mṛtatvamanuprāptā babhrordevāvṛdhādapi  
yajvā dānamatirvīro brahmaṇyastu dṛḍhavrataḥ //

### [1.69.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.9)

kīrtimāṃś ca mahātejāḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ  
tasyānvavāye sambhūtā bhojā vai daivatopamāḥ //

### [1.69.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.10)

gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca vṛṣṇibhārye babhūvatuḥ  
gāndhārī janayāmāsa sumitraṃ mitranandanam //

### [1.69.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.11)

mādrī lebhe ca taṃ putraṃ tataḥ sā devamīḍhuṣam  
anamitraṃ śiniṃ caiva tāvubhau puruṣottamau //

### [1.69.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.12)

anamitrasuto nighno nighnasya dvau babhūvatuḥ  
prasenaś ca mahābhāgaḥ satrājicca sutāvubhau //

### [1.69.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.13)

tasya satrājitaḥ sūryaḥ sakhā prāṇasamo 'bhavat  
syamantako nāma maṇir dattastasmai vivasvatā //

### [1.69.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.14)

pṛthivyāṃ sarvaratnānām asau rājābhavanmaṇiḥ  
kadācinmṛgayāṃ yātaḥ prasenena sahaiva saḥ //

### [1.69.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.15)

vadhaṃ prāpto 'sahāyaś ca siṃhādeva sudāruṇāt  
atha putraḥ śinerjajñe kaniṣṭhād vṛṣṇinandanāt //

### [1.69.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.16)

satyavāk satyasampannaḥ satyakastasya cātmajaḥ  
sātyakiryuyudhānastu śinernaptā pratāpavān //

### [1.69.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.17)

asaṃgo yuyudhānasya kuṇistasya suto 'bhavat  
kuṇer yugaṃdharaḥ putraḥ śaineyā iti kīrtitāḥ //

### [1.69.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.18)

mādryāḥ sutasya saṃjajñe suto vārṣṇiryudhājitaḥ  
śvaphalka iti vikhyātas trailokyahitakārakaḥ //

### [1.69.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.19)

śvaphalkaś ca mahārājo dharmātmā yatra vartate  
nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra nāvṛṣṭibhayamapyuta //

### [1.69.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.20)

śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryāmavāpa saḥ  
gāndinīṃ nāma kāśyo hi dadau tasmai svakanyakām //

### [1.69.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.21)

sā māturudarasthā vai bahūnvarṣagaṇānkila  
vasantī na ca saṃjajñe garbhasthā tāṃ pitābravīt //

### [1.69.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.22)

jāyasva śīghraṃ bhadraṃ te kimarthaṃ cābhitiṣṭhasi  
provāca cainaṃ garbhasthā sā kanyā gāndinī tadā //

### [1.69.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.23)

varṣatrayaṃ pratidinaṃ gāmekāṃ brāhmaṇāya tu  
yadi dadyāstataḥ kukṣer nirgamiṣyāmyahaṃ pitaḥ //

### [1.69.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.24)

tathetyuvāca tasyā vai pitā kāmamapūrayat  
dātā śūraś ca yajvā ca śrutavānatithipriyaḥ //

### [1.69.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.25)

tasyāḥ putraḥ smṛto 'krūraḥ śvaphalkādbhūridakṣiṇaḥ  
ratnā kanyā ca śaivasya hy akrūrastāmavāptavān //

### [1.69.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.26)

asyāmutpādayāmāsa tanayāṃstānnibodhata  
upamanyus tathā māṅgur vṛtastu janamejayaḥ //

### [1.69.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.27)

girirakṣastathopekṣaḥ śatrughno yo 'rimardanaḥ  
dharmabhṛd vṛṣṭadharmā ca godhano 'tha varas tathā //

### [1.69.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.28)

āvāhaprativāhau ca sudhārā ca varāṅganā  
akrūrasyograsenyāṃ tu putrau dvau kulanandanau //

### [1.69.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.29)

devavānupadevaś ca jajñāte devasaṃmatau  
sumitrasya suto jajñe citrakaś ca mahāyaśāḥ //

### [1.69.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.30)

citrakasyābhavanputrā vipṛthuḥ pṛthureva ca  
aśvagrīvaḥ subāhuś ca sudhāsūkagavekṣaṇau //

### [1.69.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.31)

ariṣṭanemiraśvaś ca dharmo dharmabhṛdeva ca  
subhūmirbahubhūmiś ca śraviṣṭhāśravaṇe striyau //

### [1.69.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.32)

andhakātkāśyaduhitā lebhe ca caturaḥ sutān  
kukuraṃ bhajamānaṃ ca śuciṃ kambalabarhiṣam //

### [1.69.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.33)

kukurasya suto vṛṣṇir vṛṣṇeḥ śūrastato 'bhavat  
kapotaromātibalas tasya putro vilomakaḥ //

### [1.69.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.34)

tasyāsīt tumburusakho vidvānputro nalaḥ kila  
khyāyate sa sunāmnā tu candanānakadundubhiḥ //

### [1.69.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.35)

tasmādapyabhijitputra utpanno 'sya punarvasuḥ  
aśvamedhaṃ sa putrārtham ājahāra narottamaḥ //

### [1.69.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.36)

tasya madhye 'tirātrasya sadomadhyātsamutthitaḥ  
tatastu vidvān sarvajño dātā yajvā punarvasuḥ //

### [1.69.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.37)

tasyāpi putramithunaṃ babhūvābhijitaḥ kila  
āhukaścāhukī caiva khyātau kīrtimatāṃ varau //

### [1.69.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.38)

āhukāt kāśyaduhitur dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ  
devakaścograsenaś ca devagarbhasamāvubhau //

### [1.69.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.39)

devakasya sutā rājño jajñire tridaśopamāḥ  
devavān upadevaś ca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ //

### [1.69.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.40)

teṣāṃ svasāraḥ saptāsan vasudevāya tā dadau  
vṛṣadevopadevā ca tathānyā devarakṣitā //

### [1.69.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.41)

śrīdevā śāntidevā ca sahadevā tathāparā  
devakī cāpi tāsāṃ ca variṣṭhābhūtsumadhyamā //

### [1.69.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.42)

navograsenasya sutās teṣāṃ kaṃsastu pūrvajaḥ  
teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ //

### [1.69.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.43)

devakasya sutā patnī vasudevasya dhīmataḥ  
babhūva vandyā pūjyā ca devairapi pativratā //

### [1.69.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.44)

rohiṇī ca mahābhāgā patnī cānakadundubheḥ  
pauravī bāhlikasutā saṃpūjyāsītsurairapi //

### [1.69.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.45)

asūta rohiṇī rāmaṃ balaśreṣṭhaṃ halāyudham  
āśritaṃ kaṃsabhītyā ca svātmānaṃ śāntatejasam //

### [1.69.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.46)

jāte rāme 'tha nihate ṣaḍgarbhe cātidakṣiṇe  
vasudevo hariṃ dhīmān devakyāmudapādayat //

### [1.69.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.47)

sa eva paramātmāsau devadevo janārdanaḥ  
halāyudhaś ca bhagavān ananto rajataprabhaḥ //

### [1.69.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.48)

bhṛguśāpachalenaiva mānayanmānuṣīṃ tanum  
babhūva tasyāṃ devakyāṃ vāsudevo janārdana //

### [1.69.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.49)

umādehasamudbhūtā yoganidrā ca kauśikī  
niyogāddevadevasya yaśodātanayā hyabhūt //

### [1.69.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.50)

sā caiva prakṛtiḥ sākṣāt sarvadevanamaskṛtā  
puruṣo bhagavānkṛṣṇo dharmamokṣaphalapradaḥ //

### [1.69.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.51)

tāṃ kanyāṃ jagṛhe rakṣan kaṃsātsvasyātmajaṃ tadā  
caturbhujaṃ viśālākṣaṃ śrīvatsakṛtalāñchanam //

### [1.69.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.52)

śaṅkhacakragadāpadmaṃ dhārayantaṃ janārdanam  
yaśodāyai pradattvā tu vasudevaś ca buddhimān //

### [1.69.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.53)

dattvainaṃ nandagopasya rakṣatāmiti cābravīt  
rakṣakaṃ jagatāṃ viṣṇuṃ svecchayā dhṛtavigraham //

### [1.69.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.54)

prasādāccaiva devasya śivasyāmitatejasaḥ  
rāmeṇa sārdhaṃ taṃ dattvā varadaṃ parameśvaram //

### [1.69.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.55)

bhūbhāranigrahārthaṃ ca hy avatīrṇaṃ jagadgurum  
ato vai sarvakalyāṇaṃ yādavānāṃ bhaviṣyati //

### [1.69.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.56)

ayaṃ sa garbho devakyā yo naḥ kleśyānhariṣyati  
ugrasenātmajāyātha kaṃsāyānakadundubhiḥ //

### [1.69.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.57)

nivedayāmāsa tadā jātāṃ kanyāṃ sulakṣaṇām  
asyāstavāṣṭamo garbho devakyāḥ kaṃsa suvrata //

### [1.69.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.58)

mṛtyur eva na saṃdeha iti vāṇī purātanī  
tatastāṃ hantumārebhe kaṃsaḥ sollaṅghya cāṃbaram //

### [1.69.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.59)

uvācāṣṭabhujā devī meghagaṃbhīrayā girā  
rakṣasva tatsvakaṃ deham āyāto mṛtyureva te //

### [1.69.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.60)

rakṣamāṇasya dehasya māyāvī kaṃsarūpiṇaḥ  
kiṃ kṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ mūrkha jātaḥ khalu tavāntakṛt //

### [1.69.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.61)

devakyāḥ sa bhayātkaṃso jaghānaivāṣṭamaṃ tviti  
smaranti vihito mṛtyur devakyās tanayo 'ṣṭamaḥ //

### [1.69.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.62)

yastatpratikṛtau yatno bhojasyāsīdvṛthā hareḥ  
prabhāvānmuniśārdūlās tayā caiva jaḍīkṛtaḥ //

### [1.69.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.63)

kaṃso 'pi nihatastena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā  
nihatā bahavaścānye devabrāhmaṇaghātinaḥ //

### [1.69.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.64)

tasya kṛṣṇasya tanayāḥ pradyumnapramukhās tathā  
bahavaḥ parisaṃkhyātāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ //

### [1.69.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.65)

kṛṣṇaputrāḥ samākhyātāḥ kṛṣṇena sadṛśāḥ sutāḥ  
putreṣveteṣu sarveṣu cārudeṣṇādayo hareḥ //

### [1.69.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.66)

viśiṣṭā balavantaś ca raukmiṇeyārisūdanāḥ  
ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇi śatamekaṃ tathādhikam //

### [1.69.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.67)

kṛṣṇasya tāsu sarvāsu priyā jyeṣṭhā ca rukmiṇī  
tayā dvādaśavarṣāṇi kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā //

### [1.69.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.68)

uṣyatā vāyubhakṣeṇa putrārthaṃ pūjito haraḥ  
cārudeṣṇaḥ sucāruś ca cāruveṣo yaśodharaḥ //

### [1.69.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.69)

cāruśravāścāruyaśāḥ pradyumnaḥ sāmba eva ca  
ete labdhāstu kṛṣṇena śūlapāṇiprasādataḥ //

### [1.69.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.70)

tān dṛṣṭvā tanayānvīrān raukmiṇeyāṃś ca rukmiṇīm  
jāmbavatyabravītkṛṣṇaṃ bhāryā kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ //

### [1.69.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.71)

mama tvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa viśiṣṭaṃ guṇavattaram  
sureśasaṃmitaṃ putraṃ prasanno dātumarhasi //

### [1.69.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.72)

jāmbavatyā vacaḥ śrutvā jagannāthastato hariḥ  
tapastaptuṃ samārebhe taponidhiraninditaḥ //

### [1.69.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.73)

so 'tha nārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ  
vyāghrapādasya ca muner gatvā caivāśramottamam //

### [1.69.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.74)

ṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaṅgirasaṃ praṇipatya janārdanaḥ  
divyaṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ labdhavāṃstasya cājñayā //

### [1.69.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.75)

praluptaśmaśrukeśaś ca ghṛtākto muñjamekhalī  
dīkṣito bhagavānkṛṣṇas tatāpa ca paraṃtapaḥ //

### [1.69.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.76)

ūrdhvabāhur nirālaṃbaḥ pādāṅguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭhitaḥ  
phalāmbanilabhojī ca ṛtutrayam adhokṣajaḥ //

### [1.69.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.77)

tapasā tasya saṃtuṣṭo dadau rudro bahūn varān  
sāmbaṃ jāṃbavatīputraṃ kṛṣṇāya ca mahātmane //

### [1.69.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.78)

tathā jāṃbavatī caiva sāṃbaṃ bhāryā hareḥ sutam  
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe labdhvādityaṃ yathāditiḥ //

### [1.69.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.79)

bāṇasya ca tadā tena cheditaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ  
bhujānāṃ caiva sāhasraṃ śāpādrudrasya dhīmataḥ //

### [1.69.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.80)

atha daityavadhaṃ cakre halāyudhasahāyavān  
tathā duṣṭakṣitīśānāṃ līlayaiva raṇājire //

### [1.69.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.81)

sa hatvā devasambhūtaṃ narakaṃ daityapuṅgavam  
brāhmaṇasyordhvacakrasya varadānānmahātmanaḥ //

### [1.69.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.82)

svopabhogyāni kanyānāṃ ṣoḍaśātulavikramaḥ  
śatādhikāni jagrāha sahasrāṇi mahābalaḥ //

### [1.69.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.83)

śāpavyājena viprāṇām upasaṃhṛtavān kulam  
saṃhṛtya tatkulaṃ caiva prabhāse 'tiṣṭhadacyutaḥ //

### [1.69.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.84)

tadā tasyaiva tu gataṃ varṣāṇāmadhikaṃ śatam  
kṛṣṇasya dvārakāyāṃ vai jarākleśāpahāriṇaḥ //

### [1.69.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.85)

viśvāmitrasya kaṇvasya nāradasya ca dhīmataḥ  
śāpaṃ piṇḍārake 'rakṣad vaco durvāsasastadā //

### [1.69.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.86)

tyaktvā ca mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ jarakāstracchalena tu  
anugṛhya ca kṛṣṇo 'pi lubdhakaṃ prayayau divam //

### [1.69.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.87)

aṣṭāvakrasya śāpena bhāryāḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ  
cauraiścāpahṛtāḥ sarvās tasya māyābalena ca //

### [1.69.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.88)

balabhadro 'pi saṃtyajya nāgo bhūtvā jagāma ca  
mahiṣyastasya kṛṣṇasya rukmiṇīpramukhāḥ śubhāḥ //

### [1.69.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.89)

sahāgniṃ viviśuḥ sarvāḥ kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā  
revatī ca tathā devī balabhadreṇa dhīmatā //

### [1.69.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.90)

praviṣṭā pāvakaṃ viprāḥ sā ca bhartṛpathaṃ gatā  
pretakāryaṃ hareḥ kṛtvā pārthaḥ paramavīryavān //

### [1.69.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.91)

rāmasya ca tathānyeṣāṃ vṛṣṇīnāmapi suvrataḥ  
kandamūlaphalaistasya balikāryaṃ cakāra saḥ //

### [1.69.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.92)

dravyābhāvāt svayaṃ pārtho bhrātṛbhiś ca divaṃ gataḥ  
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ //

### [1.69.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.93)

prabhāvo vilayaścaiva svecchayaiva mahātmanaḥ  
ityetatsomavaṃśānāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ caritaṃ dvijāḥ //

### [1.69.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.94)

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi brāhmaṇān śrāvayedapi  
sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

### [1.69.94.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.94.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge somavaṃśānukīrtanaṃ nāmaikonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (12)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.34.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.23.36) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.13.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.15.41) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.27.12) — Sanskrit
- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.24.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.38.26) — Sanskrit
- [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.38.37) — Sanskrit
- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.274.40) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.78.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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