वेदबाहुं तथा कन्यां सन्नतिं नाम नामतः
He also had a daughter named Sannati, and a son called Vedabāhu.
ते चोर्ध्वरेतसः सर्वे बालखिल्या इति स्मृताः
All of them, possessing upward-flowing energy, are known as the Bālakhilyas.
कन्यां च पुण्डरीकाक्षां सर्वेशोभासमन्विताम्
And the daughter, Pundarīkākṣā, was endowed with the radiance of all.
सुतपाः शुक्र इत्येते सप्त पुत्रा महौजसः
These seven mighty sons are Sutapā and Śukra.
स्वाहा तस्मात् सुतान् लेभे त्रीनुदारान् महौजसः
From him, Svāhā obtained three noble and powerful sons.
निर्मथ्यः पवमानः स्याद् वैद्युतः पावकः स्मृतः
Nirmathya, Pavamāna, and Vaidyuta are remembered as Pāvaka's sons.
तेषां तु संततावन्ये चत्वारिंश्च पञ्च च
Among their descendants, there are forty and five others.
एते चैकोनपञ्चाशद् वह्नयः परिकीर्तितः
Thus, these are said to be the forty-nine fires.
रुद्रात्मकाः स्मृताः सर्वे त्रिपुण्ड्राङ्कितमस्तकाः
All of them are considered to be of Rudra's essence, their foreheads marked with three lines.
अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदो द्विधा तेषां व्यवस्थितिः
The Agniṣvāttas and Barhiṣads are their twofold divisions.
ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ मुनिसत्तमाः
Both groups are learned in Brahman, accomplished in yoga, and foremost among sages.
गङ्गा हिमवतो जज्ञे सर्वलोकैकपावनी
Gaṅgā, the sole purifier of all worlds, was born from Himavat.
यथावत् कथितं पूर्वं देव्या माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
The supreme glory of the goddess has already been properly described.
व्याख्याता भवतामद्य मनोः सृष्टिं निबोधत
Today, you have explained it; now listen to the creation of Manu.
धर्मज्ञौ सुमहावीर्यौ शतरूपा व्यजीजनत्
Śatarūpā gave birth to two sons, both knowledgeable in dharma and of great might.
भक्तो नारायणे देवे प्राप्तवान् स्थानमुत्तमम्
A devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, he attained the highest abode.
श्लिष्टेराधत्त सुच्छाया पञ्च पुत्रानकल्पषान्
From Śliṣṭā, he begot five sons, all faultless and possessing good character.
आराध्य पुरुषं विष्णुं शालग्रामे जनार्दनम्
Having worshipped Lord Viṣṇu, Janārdana, at Śālagrāma.
नारायणपरान् शुद्धान् स्वधर्मपरिपालकान्
Those devoted to Nārāyaṇa, pure, and upholders of their own duty,
प्रजापतेरात्मजायां वीरणस्य महात्मनः
In the wife of Prajāpati, the great-souled Vīraṇa,
कन्यायां सुमहावीर्या वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः
In the daughter of the exceedingly mighty Vairāja, the Prajāpati,
अग्निष्टुदतिरात्रश्च सुद्युम्नश्चाभिमन्युकः
Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna, and Abhimanyu,
अङ्गं सुमनसं स्वातिं क्रतुमङ्गिरसं शिवम्
Aṅga, Sumanasa, Svāti, Kratu, Aṅgirasa, and Śiva,
यो ऽसौ पृथुरिति ख्यातः प्रजापालो महाबलः
He who is renowned as Pṛthu, the mighty protector of beings,
नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणः सार्धं देवेन्द्रेण महौजसा
By the command of Brahmā, together with the mighty Indra,
सूतः पौराणिको जज्ञे मायारूपः स्वयं हरिः
The Sūta, the reciter of the Purāṇas, was born—Hari himself in a form of illusion.
तं मां नित्त मुनिश्रेष्ठाः पूर्वोद्भूतं सनातनम्
That ancient me, O best of sages, who arose before,
श्रावयामास मां प्रीत्या पुराणं पुरुषो हरिः
Hari, the Supreme Person, graciously caused me to hear the Purāṇa.
तेषां पुराणवक्तृत्वं वृत्तिरासीदजाज्ञया
For them, the telling of the Purāṇa became a livelihood by command.
सार्वभौमो महातेजाः स्वधर्मपरिपालकः
He, the universal sovereign, of great splendor, upholder of his own duty,