Agni Purana

आयुस्तस्य च पुत्रोऽभुत्तस्य पुत्रः सुथोधनः । तस्य पुत्रः पृथुर्न्नाम विश्वगश्वः पृथोः सुतः ।। २७३.

Āyuṣ was his son, whose son was Suthodhana; his son was Pṛthu, and Viśvagaśva was the son of Pṛthu.

श्रावन्ताद् वृहदश्वोऽभूत कुबलाश्वस्ततो नृपः । धुन्धुमारत्वमगमद्‌धुन्धोर्न्नाम्ना च वै पुरा ।। २७३.

From Śrāvanta came Vṛhadaśva; from him, Kubalāśva, and then the king Dhundhumāra, who was formerly called Dhundhu.

धुन्धुमारास्त्रयो भूपा दृढ़ाश्वो दण्ड एव च । कपिलोऽथ दृढ़ाश्वात्तु हर्य्यश्वश्च चप्रमोदकः ।। २७३.

Dhundhumāra had three sons: Dṛḍhāśva, Daṇḍa, and Kapila; from Dṛḍhāśva came Haryaśva and Pramodaka.

हर्यश्वाच्च निकुम्भोऽभूत् संहताश्वो निकुम्भतः । अकृशाश्वश्च संहताश्वसुतावुभौ ।। २७३.

From Haryaśva came Nikumbha; from Nikumbha, Saṃhatāśva; and from Saṃhatāśva, both Akṛśāśva and Saṃhatāśva’s sons.

युवनाश्वो रणाश्वस्य मान्धाता युवनाश्वतः । मान्धातुः पुरुकुत्सोऽभून्मुचुकुन्दो द्वितीयकः ।। २७३.

Yuvanāśva was the son of Raṇāśva; from Yuvanāśva came Māndhātṛ; from Māndhātṛ, Purukutsa, and Mucukunda as the second son.

पुरुकुत्सादसस्युश्च सम्भूतो नर्मदाभवः । सम्भूतस्य सुधन्वाऽभूत्त्रिधन्वाथ सुधन्वनः ।। २७३.

From Purukutsa came Trasadasyu, born of Narmadā; from Trasadasyu, Sudhanvā was born, and from Sudhanvā, Tridhanvā.

त्रिधन्वनस्तु तरुणस्तस्य सत्यव्रतः सुतः । सत्यव्रतात्सत्यरथो हरिश्चन्द्रश्च तत्‌ सुतः ।। २७३.

From Tridhanvā came Taruṇa, whose son was Satyavrata; from Satyavrata came Satyaratha, and his son was Hariścandra.

हरिश्चन्द्राद्रोहिताश्वो रोहिताश्वाद्‌वृकोऽभवत् । वृकाद्वाहुश्च वाहोश्च सगरस्तस्य च प्रिया ।। २७३.

From Hariścandra came Rohitāśva; from Rohitāśva, Vṛka was born; from Vṛka, Vāhu, and from Vāhu, Sagara, whose beloved wife was Prabhā.

प्रबा षष्टिसहस्राणां सुतानां जननी ह्यऽभूत् । तुष्टादौर्वान्नृपादेकं भानुमत्यसमञ्जसम् ।। २७३.

Prabhā became the mother of sixty thousand sons; from Tuṣṭā and Aurvā, Bhānumatī bore Asamañjasa as the only king.

खनन्तः पृथिवीं दग्धा विष्णुना बहुसागराः । असमञ्जसोंऽशुमांश्च दिलीपोंऽशुमतोऽभवत् ।। २७३.

Digging the earth, the many sons were burned by Viṣṇu; Asamañjasa’s son was Aṃśumān, and from Aṃśumān came Dilīpa.

भगीरथो दिलीपात्तु येन गङ्गावतारिता । भगीरथात्तु नाभागो नाभागादम्बरीषकः ।। २७३.

From Dilīpa came Bhagīratha, by whom the Gaṅgā was brought down; from Bhagīratha came Nābhāga, and from Nābhāga, Ambarīṣa.

सिन्धुद्वीपोऽम्बरीषात्तु श्रुतायुस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः । श्रुतायोर्ऋतपर्णोऽभूत्तस्य कल्माषपादकः ।। २७३.

From Ambarīṣa came Sindhudvīpa, whose son was Śrutāyu; from Śrutāyu came Ṛtaparṇa, and from him, Kalmāṣapāda.

कल्माषाङ्‌घ्रेः सर्व्वकर्म्मा ह्यनरण्यस्ततोऽभवत् । अनरण्यात्तु निघ्नोऽथ अनमित्रस्ततो रघुः ।। २७३.

From Kalmāṣapāda, called Kalmāṣāṅghri, came Anaraṇya, master of all deeds; from Anaraṇya, Nighna, and from him, Anamitra, then Raghu.

रघोरभूद्दिलीपस्तु दिलीपाच्चाप्यजो नृपः । दीर्घवाहुरजात् कालस्त्वजापालस्ततोऽभवत् ।। २७३.

From Raghu came Dilīpa, and from Dilīpa, King Aja; from Aja, Dīrghavāhu, and from him, Kāla, then Ajāpāla.

तथा दशरथो जातस्तस्य पुत्रचतुष्टयम् । नारायणात्मकाः सर्वे रामस्तस्याग्रजोऽभवत् ।। २७३.

Thus was born Daśaratha, who had four sons; all were of the essence of Nārāyaṇa, and Rāma was his eldest.

रावणान्तकरो राजा ह्ययोध्यायां रघूत्तमः । वाल्मीकिर्यस्य चरितं चक्रे तन्नारदश्रवात् ।। २७३.

The king who destroyed Rāvaṇa, the best of the Raghu lineage in Ayodhyā—Vālmīki composed his story after hearing it from Nārada.

रामपुत्रौ कुशलवौ सीतायां कुलवर्द्धनौ । अतिथिश्च कुशाज्जज्ञे निषधस्तस्य चात्मजः ।। २७३.

Rāma's sons, Kuśa and Lava, born of Sītā, increased the family line; and from Kuśa was born Atithi, whose son was Niṣadha.

निषधात्तु नलो जज्ञे नभोऽजायत वै नलात् । नभसः पुण्डरीकोऽभूत् सुधन्वा च ततोऽभवत् ।। २७३.

From Niṣadha was born Nala; from Nala, Nabha was born; from Nabha came Puṇḍarīka, and from him Sudhanvan arose.

सुधन्वनो देवानीको ह्यहीनाश्वश्च तुत्सुतः । अहीनाश्वात् सहस्राश्वश्चन्द्रालोकस्ततोऽभवत् ।। २७३.

Sudhanvan's son was Devānīka, and Ahīnāśva was his son; from Ahīnāśva came Sahasrāśva, and then Candrāvaloka was born.

चन्द्रावलोकतस्तारापीड़ोऽस्माच्चन्द्रपर्वतः । चन्द्रगिरेर्भानुरथः श्रुतायुस्तस्य चात्मजः २७३.

From Candrāvaloka came Tārāpīra, and from him Candraparvata; from Candragiri was born Bhānuratha, whose son was Śrutāyu.

अग्निरुवाच सोमवंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि पठितं पापनाशनम् । विष्णुनाभ्यब्जजो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मपुत्रोऽत्रिरत्रितः ॥ २७४.

Agni said: I will now declare the Soma dynasty, which, when recited, destroys sin. Brahmā, born from Viṣṇu's navel, had a son Atri, and from Atri came Soma.

सोमश्चक्रे राजसूयं त्रैलोक्यं दक्षइणआन्ददौ । समाप्तेऽवभृथे सोमं तद्रूपालोकनेच्छवः ॥ २७४.

Soma performed the Rājasūya sacrifice and gave the three worlds to the priests; when the concluding bath was done, those who wished to see Soma in that form—

कामवाणाभितप्ताङ्ग्यो नरदेव्यः सिषेविरे । लक्ष्मीर्न्नारायणं त्यक्त्वा सिनीवाली च कर्द्दमम् ॥ २७४.

The queens of men, their bodies inflamed with desire, served him; Lakṣmī left Nārāyaṇa, and Sinīvālī left Kardama.

द्युतिं विभावसुन्त्यक्त्वा पुष्टिर्धातारमव्ययम् । प्रभा प्रभाकरन्त्यक्त्वा हविष्मन्तं कुहूः स्वयम् ॥ २७४.

Puṣṭi left the unchanging Dhātā, giving up her radiance; Prabhā left Prabhākara, and Kuhū herself left Haviṣmant.

कीर्त्तिर्जयन्तम्भर्त्तारं वसुर्म्मारीचकश्यपम् । धृतिस्त्यक्त्वा पतिं नन्दीं सोममेवाभजत्तदा ॥ २७४.

Kīrti left her husband Jayanta, Vasu left Mārīca Kaśyapa, and Dhṛti, abandoning her husband Nandī, at that time devoted herself to Soma.

स्वकीया इव सोमोऽपि कामयामास तास्तदा । एवं कृतापचारस्य तासां भर्त्तृगणस्तदा ॥ २७४.

Soma, as if they were his own, also desired those women then; thus, when they had committed this offense, their group of husbands—

न शशाकापचाराय शापैः शस्त्रादिभिः पुनः । सप्तलोकैकनाथत्वमवाप्तस्तपसा ह्युत ॥ २७४.

Could not punish the offense with curses or weapons; for by his austerity, Soma had attained lordship over the seven worlds.

विवभ्राम मतिस्तस्य विनयादनया हता । बृहस्पतेः स वै भार्य्यां तारां नाम यशस्विनीम् ॥ २७४.

His mind, bewildered and ruined by lack of restraint, led him to abduct Tārā, the illustrious wife of Bṛhaspati.

जहार तरसा सोमो ह्यवमन्याङ्गिरःसुतम् । ततस्तद्‌युद्धमभवत् प्रख्यातं ताकामयम् ॥ २७४.

Soma forcefully took Tārā, disregarding the son of Aṅgiras; then there was a great war, renowned as the Tārā conflict.