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# Vishnupurana 1.21.4-6

Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.21.4-6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.21.4)

abhavan danuputrāś ca dvimūrdhā śaṃkaras tathā  
ayomukhaḥ śaṅkuśirāḥ kapilaḥ śambaras tathā //

> The children of Kaśyapa by Danu were Dwimúrddhá, Śankara, Ayomukha, Śankuśiras, Kapila, Samvara, Ekachakra, and another mighty Táraka, Swarbhánu, Vrishaparvan, Puloman, and the powerful Viprachitti; these were the renowned Dánavas, or sons of Danu.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [1.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.21.5)

ekacakro mahābāhus tārakaś ca mahābalaḥ  
svarbhānur vṛṣaparvā ca pulomā ca mahābalaḥ //

> The children of Kaśyapa by Danu were Dwimúrddhá, Śankara, Ayomukha, Śankuśiras, Kapila, Samvara, Ekachakra, and another mighty Táraka, Swarbhánu, Vrishaparvan, Puloman, and the powerful Viprachitti; these were the renowned Dánavas, or sons of Danu.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [1.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.21.6)

ete danoḥ sutāḥ khyātā vipracittiś ca vīryavān //

> The children of Kaśyapa by Danu were Dwimúrddhá, Śankara, Ayomukha, Śankuśiras, Kapila, Samvara, Ekachakra, and another mighty Táraka, Swarbhánu, Vrishaparvan, Puloman, and the powerful Viprachitti; these were the renowned Dánavas, or sons of Danu.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.21.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.21.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.21.4) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.6.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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