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# Nandipurana 1.5-2

Nandipurāṇa 1.5-2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.5-2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.21) — 1 part

### [1.5-2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.1)

vahniruvāca  
evamuktaḥ sa dharmajño maitreyo jñānināṃ varaḥ

### [1.5-2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.2)

punaḥ provāca viprendraṃ sādhuślakṣṇayā girā  
maitreya uvāca  
kathitaṃ me tvayā sarvaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ mahāmune

### [1.5-2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.3)

bhṛgusargāt prabhṛtyeṣu sargome kathyatāṃ punaḥ  
parāśara uvāca  
bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannā lakṣmīrviṣṇuparigrahā

### [1.5-2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.4)

tathā dhātāvidhātārau khyātyāṃ jātau sutau bhṛgoḥ  
āyatirniyatiścaiva meroḥ kanye nagātmanaḥ

### [1.5-2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.5)

dhātṛvidhātroste bhārye tayorjātau sutāvubhau  
prāṇaścaiva mṛkaṃḍaśca mārkaṃḍeyomṛkaṃḍataḥ

### [1.5-2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.6)

tato vedaśirājajñe prāṇasyāpi sutaṃ śṛṇu  
prāṇasya dyutimānputro hyajavāṃśca tato'bhavat

### [1.5-2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.7)

tatovaṃśo mahābhāga vistāraṃ bhārgavo gataḥ  
patnī varīceḥ saṃbhūtiḥ pūrṇamāsamasūyata

### [1.5-2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.8)

virājāḥ sarvagaścaiva tasya putrau mahātmanaḥ  
vaṃśasaṃkīrtane putrānpravakṣye'haṃ tato dvija

### [1.5-2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.9)

smṛtineścāṃgirasaḥ putraḥ prasūtāḥ kanyakāstathā  
sinīvālī kuhūścaiva rākā cānumatistathā

### [1.5-2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.10)

anusūyā tathaivātrerjajñai putrānakalmaṣān  
somaṃ durvāsasaṃ caiva dattātreyaṃ ca yoginam

### [1.5-2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.11)

prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ dattonistatsuto'bhavat  
pūrvavanmuniḥ so'gastyaḥ smṛtaḥ svāyaṃbhuveṃtare

### [1.5-2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.12)

karmaśaḥ śārvarīvāśca sahiṣṇuśca sutatrayam  
kṣemā tu suṣuve bhāryā pulastyasya prajāpateḥ

### [1.5-2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.13)

kratośca sannatirbhāryā vālakhilyānasūtasā  
ṣaḍtriṃśāni sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām

### [1.5-2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.14)

aṃguṣṭhaparvamātrāṇāṃ jvaladbhāskaratejasām  
ūrjāyāṃ tu vaśiṣṭhasya saptājāyaṃta vai sutāḥ

### [1.5-2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.15)

rājo gātro'rdhabāhuśca vasanaścānavastathā  
sutapāḥ śukraityete sarvesaptarṣayo'malāḥ

### [1.5-2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.16)

yosāvagnirabhimānī brahmaṇastanayo'grajaḥ  
tasmātsvāhā sutānetām̐strīnudāraujasodvija

### [1.5-2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.17)

pāvakaṃ pāvamānaṃ ca śuciṃ cāpi jalāśinam  
teṣāṃ ca saṃtatāvanye catvāriṃśacca paṃca ca

### [1.5-2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.18)

kathyante bahayaścaite pitāputratrayaṃ ca yat  
evamekonapaṃśāśat vahnayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ

### [1.5-2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.19)

pitaro brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā vyākhyātā ye mayā tava  
tebhyaḥ svadhā sute'sūtamainīṃ vaikiriṇīṃ tathā

### [1.5-2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.20)

te ubhe brahmavādinyau yoginyauca tathā dvija  
uttamajñānasaṃpanne sarvaiḥ samudite guṇaiḥ

### [1.5-2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.21)

ityetā dakṣakanyānāṃ kathitāpatyasaṃtatiḥ  
śraddhāvānsaṃsmarannityaṃ nānapatyo'bhijāyate

### [1.5-2.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.5-2.21.p1)

iti śrī vahnipurāṇe nāṃdīmukhotpattau maitreyaparāśara saṃvāde sargasthitināmo'dhyāyaḥ 5 saṃpūrṇaḥ

## Linked texts (8)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.10.2) — Sanskrit
- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.382.71.p251) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.5.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.52.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.5.30) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.11.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.28.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.12.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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