Vishnupurana 2.12.34
Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 2.12.34
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- Sanskrit
2.12.34
pucche 'gniś ca mahendraś ca kaśyapo 'tha tato dhruvaḥ
tārakā śiśumārasya nāstam eti catuṣṭayam //
and Varuńa and Áryamat its two hinder legs. Samvatsara is its sexual organ; Mitra its organ of excretion. Agni, Mahendra, Kaśyapa, and Dhruva, in succession, are placed in its tail; which four stars in this constellation never set.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit