[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Varahapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha) › 74.74.3 # Varahapurana 74.74.3 Varāhapurāṇa 74.74.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [74.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.3) gandhamādanaṃ ketumālamiti . evaṃ svāyaṃbhuve'ntare bhuvana- pratiṣṭhā . kalpe kalpe caivameva sapta sapta pārthivaiḥ kriyate bhūmeḥ pālanaṃ vyavasthā ca . eṣa svabhāvaḥ kalpasya sadā bhavatīti . atra nābheḥ sargaṃ kathayāmi . nābhirmerudevyāṃ putramajanayad ṛṣabhanāmānaṃ tasya bharato jajñe putraśca tāvadagrajaḥ . tasya bharatasya pitā ṛṣabho himādrerdakṣiṇaṃ varṣamadād bhārataṃ nāma . bharatasyāpi putraḥ sumatirnāmā . tasya rājyaṃ dattvā bharato'pi vanaṃ yayau . sumatestejastatputraḥ satsurnāmā . tasyāpīndradyumno nāma . tasyāpi parameṣṭhī tasyāpi pratiharttā tasya nikhātaḥ nikhātasya unnetā unneturapyabhāvastasyodgātā tasya prastotā prastotuśca vibhuḥ vibhoḥ pṛthuḥ pṛthoranantaḥ anantasyāpi gayaḥ gayasya nayastasya virāṭaḥ tasyāpi mahāvīryastataḥ sudhīmān dhīmato mahān mahato bhaumano bhaumanasya tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭurvirajāḥ tasya rājo rājasya śatajit . tasya putraśataṃ jajñe tenemā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ . tairidaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ saptadvīpaṃ samāṅkitam .. 74.6 .. teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtyā tu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī prajā . kṛtatretādiyuktyā tu yugākhyā hyekasaptatiḥ .. 74.7 .. bhuvanasya prasaṅgena manvantaramidaṃ śubham . svāyaṃbhuvaṃ ca kathitaṃ manordvīpānnibodhata .. 74.8 .. .. iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 74 . - [Previous: 74.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.2) - [Next: 75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.75.1) - [Up: 74.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.3) · Pramāṇa