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# Vishnupurana 4.20.4

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.20.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.20.4)

ṛkṣād bhīmasenas tataś ca dilīpaḥ |  
dilīpāt pratīpaḥ |  
tasyāpi devāpiśāṃtanubāhlīkasaṃjñās trayaḥ putrā babhūvuḥ |  
devāpir bāla evāraṇyaṃ viveśa ||

> PARÍKSHIT, the son of Kuru, had four sons, Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Ugrasena, and Bhímasena. The son of Jahnu was Suratha; his son was Vidúratha; his son was Sárvabhauma; his son was Jayasena Árávin; his son was Ayutáyus; his son was Akrodhana; one of his sons was Devatithi, and another was called Riksha; his son was Dilípa; his son was Pratípa, who had three sons, Devápi, Śántanu, and Báhlíka. The first adopted in childhood a forest life, and Śántanu became king. Of him this verse is spread through the earth; "Śántanu is his name, because if he lays his hands upon an old man, he restores him to youth, and by him men obtain tranquillity (śánti)."  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [4.20.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.20.4.p1)

śāṃtanus tu mahīpālo 'bhavat |  
ayaṃ ca tasya ślokaḥ pṛthivyāṃ gīyate |

> PARÍKSHIT, the son of Kuru, had four sons, Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Ugrasena, and Bhímasena. The son of Jahnu was Suratha; his son was Vidúratha; his son was Sárvabhauma; his son was Jayasena Árávin; his son was Ayutáyus; his son was Akrodhana; one of his sons was Devatithi, and another was called Riksha; his son was Dilípa; his son was Pratípa, who had three sons, Devápi, Śántanu, and Báhlíka. The first adopted in childhood a forest life, and Śántanu became king. Of him this verse is spread through the earth; "Śántanu is his name, because if he lays his hands upon an old man, he restores him to youth, and by him men obtain tranquillity (śánti)."  
> — 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.4.20.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.20.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

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