Vishnupurana 1.21.15-17
Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.21.15-17
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.21.15
ṣaṭ sutāḥ sumahāsattvās tāmrāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
śukī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvī śucigṛdhrikā //
Támrá (the wife of Kaśyapa) had six illustrious daughters, named Śukí, Śyení, Bhásí, Sugríví, Śuchi, and Gridhriká. Śukí gave birth to parrots, owls, and crows; Śyení to hawks; Bhásí to kites; Gridhriká to vultures; Śuchi to water-fowl; Sugríví to horses, camels, and asses. Such were the progeny of Támrá.
1.21.16
śukī śukān ajanayad ulūkī pratyulūkakān
śyenī śyenāṃs tathā bhāsī bhāsān gṛddhrāṃś ca gṛddhry api //
Támrá (the wife of Kaśyapa) had six illustrious daughters, named Śukí, Śyení, Bhásí, Sugríví, Śuchi, and Gridhriká. Śukí gave birth to parrots, owls, and crows; Śyení to hawks; Bhásí to kites; Gridhriká to vultures; Śuchi to water-fowl; Sugríví to horses, camels, and asses. Such were the progeny of Támrá.
1.21.17
śucy audakān pakṣigaṇān sugrīvī tu vyajāyata
aśvān uṣṭrān gardabhāṃś ca tāmrāvaṃśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //
Támrá (the wife of Kaśyapa) had six illustrious daughters, named Śukí, Śyení, Bhásí, Sugríví, Śuchi, and Gridhriká. Śukí gave birth to parrots, owls, and crows; Śyení to hawks; Bhásí to kites; Gridhriká to vultures; Śuchi to water-fowl; Sugríví to horses, camels, and asses. Such were the progeny of Támrá.
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
Linked texts (5)
- Critical edition (BORI) — Sanskrit
- Brahmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Ṭoḍarānanda — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit