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# Vayupurana 1.40: adhyāyaḥ 40

Vāyupurāṇa 1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 40

### [1.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.1)

..sūta uvāca..

### [1.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.2)

maryyādāparvate śubhre devakūṭe nibodhata.  
vistīrṇe sikhare tasya kūṭe girivarasya ha .. 40.1 ..

### [1.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.3)

samantādyojanaśataṃ mahābhavanamaṇḍitam.  
janmakṣetraṃ suparṇasya vainateyasya dhīmataḥ .. 40.2 ..

### [1.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.4)

naikairmahā pakṣigaṇairgāruḍaiḥ śīgravikramaiḥ.  
sampūrṇavīryasampannairdamanairuragāribhiḥ .. 40.3 ..

### [1.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.5)

pakṣirājasya bhavanaṃ prathamaṃ tanmahātmanaḥ.  
mahāvāyupraveśasya śālmali dvīpavāsinaḥ .. 40.4 ..

### [1.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.6)

tasyaiva cārumūrdhnastu kūṭeṣu ca maharddhiṣu.  
dakṣiṇeṣu vicitreṣu saptasvapi tu śobhinaḥ .. 40.5 ..

### [1.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.7)

sandhyābhrābhāḥ samuditā rukmaprākāratoraṇāḥ.  
mahābhavanamālābhiḥ śobhitā devanirmitāḥ .. 40.6 ..

### [1.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.8)

triṃśadyojanavistīrṇāścatvāriṃśattamāyatāḥ.  
sapta gandharvanagarā nara nārīsamākulāḥ .. 40.7 ..

### [1.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.9)

āgneyā nāma gandharvā mahābalaparākramāḥ.  
kuberānucarā dīptāsteṣānte bhavanottamāḥ .. 40.8 ..

### [1.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.10)

tasya cottarakūṭeṣu bhuvanasya mahāgireḥ.  
harmyaprāsādabaddhaṃ ca udyānavanaśobhitam .. 40.9 ..

### [1.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.11)

puramāśīviṣaiḥ purṇaṃ mahāprākāratoraṇam.  
vāditraśatanirghoṣairānanditavanāntaram .. 40.10 ..

### [1.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.12)

duṣprasahyamamitrāṇāṃ triṃśadyojanamaṇḍalam.  
nagaraṃ saiṃhikeyānāmudīrṇaṃ devavidviṣām.  
siddhadevarṣicaritaṃ devakūṭe nibodhata .. 40.11 ..

### [1.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.13)

dvitīye dvijaśārdūla maryyādāparvate śubhe.  
mahābhavanamālābhirnānāvarṇābhirāvṛtam .. 40.12 ..

### [1.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.14)

suvarṇamaṇicitrābhiranekābhiralaṃkṛtam .  
viśālarathyaṃ durdharṣaṃ nityaṃ pramuditaṃ śivam .. 40.13 ..

### [1.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.15)

naranārīgaṇākīrṇaṃ prāṃśuprākāratoraṇam .  
ṣaṣṭiyojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam .. 40.14 ..

### [1.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.16)

nagaraṃ kālakeyānāmasurāṇāṃ durāsadam.  
devakūṭataṭe ramye sanniviṣṭaṃ sudurjayam.  
mahābhracayasaṅkāśaṃ sunāsannāma viśrutam .. 40.15 ..

### [1.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.17)

tasyaiva dakṣiṇe kūṭe viṃśadyojanavistaram.  
dviṣaṣṭiyojanāyāmaṃ hemaprākāratoraṇam .. 40.16 ..

### [1.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.18)

hṛṣṭapuṣṭāvaliptānāmāvāsāḥ kāmarūpiṇām.  
autkacānāṃ pramuditaṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahāpuram .. 40.17 ..

### [1.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.19)

madhyame tu mahākūṭe devakūṭasya vai gireḥ .  
suvarṇamaṇipāṣāṇaiścitraiḥ ślakṣaṇataraiḥ śubhaiḥ.  
śākhāśatasahasrādyairnaikārohasamākulam .. 40.18 ..

### [1.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.20)

srigdha parṇamahāmūlamanekaskandhavāhanam.  
ramyaṃ hyaviralacchāyaṃ daśayojanamaṇḍalam .. 40.19 ..

### [1.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.21)

tatra bhūtavaṭannāma nānābhūtagaṇālayam.  
mahādevasya prathitaṃ tryambakasya mahātmanaḥ.  
dīptamāyatanaṃ tatra sarvalokeṣu viśrutam .. 40.20 ..

### [1.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.22)

varāhagajasiṃharkṣaśārdūlakarabhānanaiḥ.  
gṛdhrolūkamukhaiścaiva meṣoṣṭrājamahāmukhaiḥ .. 40.21 ..

### [1.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.23)

kadambairvikaṭaiḥ sthūlairlambakeśatanūruhaiḥ.  
nānāvarṇākṛtidharairnānāsaṃsthānasaṃsthitaiḥ .. 40.22 ..

### [1.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.24)

dīptairanekairugrāsyairbhūtairugraparākramaiḥ.  
aśūnyamabhavannityaṃ mahāpāriṣadaistathā .. 40.23 ..

### [1.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.25)

tatra bhūtapaterbhūtā nityampūjāṃ prayuñjate.  
jharjharaiḥ śaṅkhapaṭahairbherīḍiṇḍimagomukhaiḥ .. 40.24 ..

### [1.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.26)

raṇitālasitodgītai rnityaṃ valitavarjitaiḥ.  
visphūrjjitaśataistatra pūjāyuktā gaṇeśvarāḥ.  
prītāḥ purāripramathāstatra krīḍāparāḥ sadā .. 40.25 ..

### [1.40.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.27)

siddhadevarṣigandharvayakṣanāgendra pūjitaḥ.  
sthāne tasmin mahādevaḥ sākṣāllokaśivaḥ śivaḥ .. 40.26 ..

### [1.40.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.40.28)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte bhuvanavinyāso nāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 40 ..

## Linked texts (2)

- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.51.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.57.7) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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