[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 # Varahapurana 74.74 Varāhapurāṇa 74.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [74.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.1) śrīvarāha uvāca . punaste ṛṣayaḥ sarve taṃ papracchuḥ sanātanam . rudraṃ purāṇapuruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvamavyayam . viśvarūpamajaṃ śaṃbhuṃ trinetraṃ śūlapāṇinam .. 74.1 .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ . tvaṃ paraḥ sarvadevānāmasmākaṃ ca sureśvara . pṛcchāma tena tvāṃ praśnamekaṃ tad vaktumarhasi .. 74.2 .. bhūmipramāṇasaṃsthānaṃ parvatānāṃ ca vistaram . samudrāṇāṃ nadīnāṃ ca brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaram . asmākaṃ brūhi kṛpayā devadeva umāpate .. 74.3 .. rudra uvāca . sarveṣveva purāṇeṣu bhūrlokaḥ parikīrtyate . brahmaviṣṇubhavādīnāṃ vāyavye ca savistaram .. 74.4 .. idānīṃ ca pravakṣyāmi samāsād vaḥ kṣamāntaram . tannibodhata dharmajñā gadato mama sattamāḥ .. 74.5 .. yo'sau sakalavidyāvabodhitaparamātmarūpī vigatakalmaṣaḥ paramāṇuracinttyātmā nārāyaṇaḥ sakalalokālokavyāpī pītāmbaroruvakṣaḥ kṣitidharo guṇatomukhyatastu - aṇumahaddīrghahrasvamakṛśamalohitamityevamādyopalakṣita - vijñānamātrarūpam . sa bhagavāṃstriprakāraḥ sattva - rajastamodriktaḥ salilaṃ sasarja . tacca sṛṣṭvā - nādipuruṣaḥ parameśvaro nārāyaṇaḥ sakalajaganmayaḥ sarvamayo devamayo yajñamaya āpomaya āpomūrttiryoganidrayā suptasya tasya nābhau sadabjaṃ niḥsasāra . tasminsakala - vedanidhiracintyātmā parameśvaro brahmā prajāpatira - bhavat sa ca sanakasanandanasanatkumārādīn jñānadharmiṇaḥ pūrvamutpādya paścānmanuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ marīcyādīn dakṣāntān sasarja . yaḥ svayaṃbhuvo manurbhagavatā sṛṣṭastasmādārabhya bhuvanasyātivistaro varṇyate . tasya ca manordvau putrau babhūvatuḥ priyavratottānapādau . ### [74.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.2) priyavratasya daśa putrā babhūvuḥ . āgnīghro'gnibāhu - rmedho medhātithirdhruvo jyotiṣmān dyutimān havyavapuṣmatsavanāntāḥ . sa ca priyavrataḥ saptadvīpeṣu sapta putrān sthāpayāmāsa . tatra cāgnīdhraṃ jambūdvīpeśvaraṃ cakre. śākadvīpeśvaraṃ medhātithiṃ kuśe jyotiṣmantaṃ krauñce dyutimantaṃ śālmale vapuṣmantaṃ gomedasyeśvaraṃ havyaṃ puṣkarādhipatiṃ savanamiti . puṣkareśasyāpi savanasya dvau putrau mahāvītadhātakī bhavetām .. tayordeśau gomedaśca nāmnā vyavasthitau . dhātakerdhātakīkhaṇḍaṃ kumudasya ca kaumudam . śālmalādhipaterapi vapuṣmantasya trayaḥ putrāḥ sakuśavaidyutajīmūtanāmānaḥ . sakuśasya sakuśanāmā deśaḥ vaidyutasya vaidyutaḥ jīmūtasya jīmūta iti ete śālmalerdeśā iti tathā ca dyutimataḥ sapta putrakāḥ kuśalo manugoṣṭhauṣṇaḥ pīvarodyāndhakārakamunidundubhiśceti . tannāmnā krauñce sapta mahādeśanāmāni . kuśadvīpeśvarasyāpi jyotiṣmataḥ saptaiva putrāstadyathā udbhido veṇumāṃ - ścaiva rathopalambano dhṛtiḥ prabhākaraḥ - kapila iti. tannāmānyeva varṣāṇi draṣṭavyāni śākādhipasyāpi sapta putrā medhātithestadyathā śāntabhayaśiśirasukhodayaṃnandaśivakṣemakadhruvā iti ete sapta putrāḥ etannāmānyeva varṣāṇi . atha jambūdvīpeśvarasyāpi āgnīdhrasya nava putrā babhūvuḥ . tadyathā nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣo harivarṣa ilāvṛto ramyako hiraṇmayaḥ kururbhadrāśvaḥ ketumālaśceti . etannāmānyeva varṣāṇi . nābherhemavantaṃ hemakūṭaṃ kiṃpuruṣaṃ naiṣadhaṃ harivarṣaṃ merumadhyamilāvṛttaṃ nīlaṃ ramyakaṃ śvetaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ uttaraṃ ca śrṛṅgavataḥ kuravo mālyavantaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ ### [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 . --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74) · Pramāṇa