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# Vayupurana 2.7: adhyāyaḥ 7

Vāyupurāṇa 2.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 7

### [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.1)

..sūta uvāca..

### [2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.2)

ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi danuputrānnibodhata.  
abhavan danuputrāstu vaṃśe khyātā mahāsurāḥ .. 7.1 ..

### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.3)

vipracittipradhānāste śataṃ tīvraparākramāḥ.  
sarve labdhavarāścaiva sutaptatapasastathā .. 7.2 ..

### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.4)

satyasandhāḥ parākrāntāḥ krūrā māyāvinaśca te .  
mahābalā ayajvāno hyabrahmaṇyāśca dānavāḥ .  
kīrttyamānānmayā sarvān prādhānyena nibodhata .. 7.3 ..

### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.5)

dvimūrddhā śaṅkuvarṇaśca tathā śaṅkunirāmayaḥ.  
śaṅkukarṇo mahāviśvo gaveṣṭhirdundubhistathā .. 7.4 ..

### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.6)

ajāmukho'tha bhagavān śilo vāmanasastathā.  
marīcirakṣakaścaiva mahāgārgyo'ṅgirāvṛtaḥ .. 7.5 ..

### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.7)

vikṣobhyaśca suketuśca suvīryaḥ suhṛdastathā.  
indrajidviśvajiccaiva tathāsura vimarddanaḥ .. 7.6 ..

### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.8)

ekacakraḥ subāhuśca tārakaśca mahābalaḥ.  
vaiśvānaraḥ pulomā ca pravīṇo'tha mahāśirāḥ .. 7.7 ..

### [2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.9)

svarbhānurvṛṣaparvā ca muṇḍakaśca mahāsuraḥ.  
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryaśca candra indraśca tāpinaḥ .. 7.8 ..

### [2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.10)

sūkṣmaścaiva nicandraśca ūrṇanābho mahāgiriḥ.  
asilomā sukeśaśca sadaśca balako daśa .. 7.9 ..

### [2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.11)

tathā gaganamūrddhā ca kumbhanābhā mahodaraḥ.  
pramodāhaśca kupatho hayagrīvaśca vīryavān .. 7.10 ..

### [2.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.12)

asuraśca virupākṣaḥ supatho'tha mahāsuraḥ.  
ajo hiraṇmayaścaiva śatamāyuśca śambaraḥ .. 7.11 ..

### [2.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.13)

śarabhaḥ śalabhaścaiva sūryācandramasāvubhau.  
asurāṇāṃ surāvetau surāṇāṃ sāmpratāvimau .. 7.12 ..

### [2.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.14)

iti putrā danorvaṃśāḥ pradhānāḥ parikīrtitāḥ.  
teṣāmaparisaṅkhyeyaṃ putrapautrādyanantakam .. 7.13 ..

### [2.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.15)

ityete tvasurāḥ proktā daiteyā dānavāśca ye.  
svarbhānustu smṛto daityo hyanubhānurdanoḥ sutaḥ.  
ime tu vaṃśānugatā danoḥ putrāstu ye smṛtāḥ .. 7.14 ..

### [2.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.16)

ekākṣa ṛṣabho'riṣṭaḥ prabandhanarakāvapi.  
indrabādhanakeśī ca meruḥ śambo'tha dhenukaḥ .. 7.15 ..

### [2.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.17)

gaveṣṭhiśca gavākṣaśca tālaketuśca vīryavān.  
ete manuṣyadharmāstu danoḥ putrā mayā smṛtāḥ .. 7.16 ..

### [2.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.18)

daityadānavasaṃharṣe jātā bhīmaparākramāḥ.  
siṃhikāyāmathotpannā vipracittisutāstvime .. 7.17 ..

### [2.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.19)

saiṃhikeyā iti khyātāścaturddaśa mahāsurāḥ.  
śatagālaśca balavānnyāsaḥ śāmbastathaiva ca . 7.18 ..

### [2.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.20)

anulomaḥ śuciścaiva vātāpiśca sitāṃśukaḥ.  
haraḥ kalpaḥ kālanābho bhaumaśca narakastathā .. 7.19 ..

### [2.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.21)

rāhurjyaṣṭhastu teṣāṃ vai candrasūryapramardanaḥ.  
ityete siṃhikāputrā devairapi durāsadāḥ .. 7.20 ..

### [2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.22)

dāruṇābhijanāḥ krūrāḥ sarve brahmadviṣaśca te.  
daśānyāni sahasrāṇi saiṃhikeyo gaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 7.21 ..

### [2.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.23)

nihato jāmadagnyena bhārgaveṇa balīyasā.  
svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā pulomno'tha śacī tathā .. 7.22 ..

### [2.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.24)

upadānavī yamasyāpi śarmiṣṭhā vārṣa parvaṇī.  
pulomā kālikā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe .. 7.23 ..

### [2.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.25)

prabhāyā nahuṣaḥ putro jayantaśca śacīsutaḥ.  
puruṃjajñe'tha śarmiṣṭhā duṣmantamupadānavī .. 7.24 ..

### [2.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.26)

vaiśvānarasute hyete pulomā kālikā ubhe .  
ubhe hyapi tu te kanye mārīcasya parigrahe . 7.25 ..

### [2.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.27)

tābhyāṃ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭirdānavapuṅgavāḥ.  
caturdaśa tathānyāni hiraṇyapuravāsinām .. 7.26 ..

### [2.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.28)

paulomāḥ kālakeyāśca dānavāḥ sumahābalāḥ.  
avadhyā dānavānāṃ te nihatāḥ savyasācinā .. 7.27 ..

### [2.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.29)

mayasya jātā ye putrāḥ sarve vīraparākramāḥ.  
māyāvī dundubhiścaiva vṛṣaśca mahiṣastathā .. 7.28 ..

### [2.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.30)

bāliko vajrakarṇaśca kanyā mandodarī tathā.  
daityānāṃ dānavānāñca sarga eṣa prakīrttitaḥ .. 7.29 ..

### [2.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.31)

danāyuṣāyāḥ putrāstu smṛtāḥ pañca mahābalāḥ.  
arūrurbālijambhau ca virakṣaśca viṣastathā .. 7.30 ..

### [2.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.32)

aruro stanayaḥ krūro dhundhurnāma mahāsuraḥ.  
nihataḥ kuvalāśvena uttaṅkavacanāt kila .. 7.31 ..

### [2.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.33)

baleḥ putrau mahāvīryau tejasāpratimāvubhau.  
kumbhilaścakravarmā ca sa karṇaḥ pūrvajanmani .. 7.32 ..

### [2.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.34)

virakṣasyāpi putrau dvau kālakaśca varaśca tau.  
viṣasya tvabhavan putrāścatvāraḥ krūrakarmaṇaḥ.  
śrāddhahā yajñahā caiva brahmahā paśuhā tathā .. 7.33 ..

### [2.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.35)

krāntā danāyuṣāputrā vṛtrasyāpi nibodhata.  
jajñire śvasanāddhorādvṛtrasyendreṇa yudhyataḥ .. 7.34 ..

### [2.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.36)

bharttāro manasā khyātā rākṣasāḥ sumahābalāḥ .  
śataṃ tāni sahasrāṇi mahendrānucarāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 7.35 ..

### [2.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.37)

sarve brahmavidaḥ saumyā dhārmikāḥ sūkṣmamūrttayaḥ.  
prajāsvantargatāḥ sarve nivasanti sudhārmikāḥ .. 7.36 ..

### [2.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.38)

daityānāṃ dānavānāñca sarga eṣa prakīrttitaḥ.  
pravāhyajanayat putrān yajñe vai gāyanottamān .. 7.37 ..

### [2.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.39)

sattvanaḥ satvātmakaścaiva kalāpaścaiva vīryavān .  
kṛtavīryo brahmacārī supāṇḍuścaiva saptamaḥ .. 7.38 ..

### [2.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.40)

panaścaiva taraṇyaśca sucandro daśamastathā.  
ityete devagandharvā vijñeyāḥ parikīrttitāḥ .. 7.39 ..

### [2.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.7.41)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte kaśyapīyaprajāsargo nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. \*

## Linked texts (3)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.6.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.3.69x76-4) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.81) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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