Markandeyapurana 79.3

79.3

bhṛgostu bhṛgavo devāḥ putrā hyaṅgirasaḥ sutāḥ /
eṣa sargaśca mārīco vijñeyaḥ sāmpratādhipaḥ //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, the Bhṛgus, and the Aṅgirases are the eight whereof the classes of gods are traditionally held to be composed. The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras are to be known as Kaśyapa’s sons; and the Sādhyas, the Vasus,[2] the Viśvedevas are the three groups of Dharma’s eons. Now the Bhṛgu class of gods are the sons of Bhṛgu, and the Aṅgirases are the sons of Aṅgiras. And it is the present creation. Mārīca is to he known as the lord at present. And the Indra is named Urjjasvin, high-souled, the consumer of a share of the sacrifices. Now all those lords of the thirty gods, who have passed away, and who have not yet come, and who reign now, are to he known as having equal characteristics — all indeed are thousand-eyed, wielders of the thunder-bolt, smiters asunder of cities; all are bestowers of gifts, pre-eminent, bearers of crests, walking like elephants; they are all receivers of a hundred sacrifices, dominating created things with their splendour, possessing the good qualities of sovereignty with righteousness and other pure actions, masters of the past, the future and the present.