Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

गोत्राणि नामभिस्तेषां वासिष्ठानां महात्मनाम् स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे ऽतीतान्यर्बुदानि शतानि च

The lineages of those great-souled Vasiṣṭhas, by their names, have passed in the age of Svāyambhuva by the hundreds of millions.

इत्येष ऋषिसर्गस्तु सानुबंधः प्रकीर्तितः समासाद्विस्तराद्वक्तुमशक्यो ऽयमिति द्विजाः

Thus, the creation of the sages, along with their descendants, has been described; in summary, for in detail it cannot be told, O twice-born ones.

यो ऽसौ रुद्रात्मको बह्निब्रह्मणो मानसस्सुतः स्वाहा तस्य प्रिया लेभे पुत्रांस्त्रीनमितौजसः

He who is the Rudra-essence, the mind-born son of Fire-Brahmā, his beloved was Svāhā, and she bore him three mighty sons.

पावकः पवमानश्च शुचिरित्येष ते त्रयः निर्मंथ्यः पवमानस्स्याद्वैद्युतः पावकस्स्मृतः

Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and Śuci—these three are they; Pavamāna is called churned, Pāvaka is known as lightning.

सूर्ये तपति यश्चासौ शुचिः सौर उदाहृतः हव्यवाहः कव्यवाहः सहरक्षा इति त्रयः

Śuci, who shines in the sun, is called Sāura; Havyavāha, Kavyavāha, and Saharakṣa—these are the three.

त्रयाणां क्रमशः पुत्रा देवपितृसुराश्च ते एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च चत्वारिंशन्नवैव ते

Their sons, in order, are gods, ancestors, and suras; their sons and grandsons number forty-nine.

काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रकर्मसु त्रिषु संस्थिताः सर्वे तपस्विनो ज्ञेयाः सर्वे व्रतभृतस्तथा

Established in three kinds of acts—desire, occasion, and constant—all are to be known as ascetics, all as observers of vows.

सर्वे रुद्रात्मकश्चैव सर्वे रुद्रपरायणाः तस्मादग्निमुखे यत्तद्धुतं स्यादेव केनचित्

All are of Rudra's essence, all devoted to Rudra; therefore, whatever is offered into the fire by anyone,

तत्सर्वं रुद्रमुद्दिश्य दत्तं स्यान्नात्र संशयः इत्येवं निश्चयोग्नीनामनुक्रांतो यथातथम्

All that, offered with Rudra in mind, is indeed given to Rudra—of this there is no doubt; thus the lineage of the fires has been recounted as it is.

नातिविस्तरतो विप्राः पित्ःन्वक्ष्याम्यतः परम् यस्मात्षडृतवस्तेषां स्थानं स्थानाभिमानिनाम्

I will not speak further in detail, O Brāhmaṇas, about the ancestors; for their place is among the six seasons, as they are identified with the seasons.

ऋतवः पितरस्तस्मादित्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः युष्मादृतुषु सर्वे हि जायंते स्थास्नुजंगमा

Therefore, the ancestors are the seasons—thus is the Vedic teaching; from the seasons, all beings, stationary and moving, are indeed born.

तस्मादेते पितर आर्तवा इति च श्रुतम् एवं पित्ःणामेतेषामृतुकालाभिमानिनाम्

Therefore, these ancestors are called seasonal, as is heard; thus, these ancestors are identified with the times of the seasons.

आत्मैश्वर्या महात्मानस्तिष्ठंतीहाब्भ्रसंगमात् आग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः पितरो द्विविधाः स्मृताः

Possessed of self-mastery, the great-souled ones remain here, free from impurity; the ancestors are remembered as of two kinds—Āgniṣvāttas and Barhiṣads.

अयज्वानश्च यज्वानः क्रमात्ते मृहमेधिनः स्वधासूत पितृभ्यश्च द्वे कन्ये लोकविश्रुते

Non-sacrificers and sacrificers, in order, are those who dwell among the dead; from the ancestors, Svadhā bore two daughters, renowned in the worlds.

मेनां च धरणीं चैव याभ्यां विश्वमिदं धृतम् अग्निष्वात्तसुता मेना धरणी बर्हिषत्सुता

Menā and Dharanī—by whom this whole world is supported; Menā is the daughter of the Āgniṣvāttas, Dharanī of the Barhiṣads.

मेना हिमवतः पत्नी मैनाकं क्रौंचमेव च गौरीं गंगां च सुषुवे भवांगाश्लेषपावनीम्

Menā, the wife of Himavat, gave birth to Maināka, Krauñca, Gaurī, and Gaṅgā, who is purified by contact with Bhava’s body.

मेरोस्तु धरणी पत्नी दिव्यौषधिसमन्वितम् मंदरं सुषुवे पुत्रं चित्रिसुन्दरकन्धरम्

The earth, wife of Meru, endowed with divine herbs, gave birth to Mandara, her son with a beautifully adorned neck.

स एव मंदरः श्रीमान्मेरुपुत्रस्तपोबलात् साक्षाच्छ्रीकंठनाथस्य शिवस्यावसथं गतः

That same illustrious Mandara, son of Meru, through the power of his austerities, became the very abode of the lord Śrīkaṇṭha Śiva.

सासूता धरणी भूयस्त्रिंशत्कन्याश्च विश्रुताः वेलां च नियतिं चैव तृतीयामपि चायतिम्

Again, the earth gave birth to thirty renowned daughters, as well as Velā, Niyati, and a third, Āyati.

आयतिर्नियतिश्चैव पत्न्यौ द्वे भृगुपुत्रयोः स्वायंभुवे ऽंतरे पूर्वं कथितस्ते तदन्वयः

Āyati and Niyati became the two wives of the sons of Bhṛgu; their lineage in the Svāyambhuva epoch was previously described.

सुषुवे सागराद्वेला कन्यामेकामनिंदिताम् सवर्णां नाम सामुद्रीं पत्नीं प्राचीनबर्हिषः

From the ocean, Velā gave birth to a single faultless daughter named Savarṇā, the oceanic one, who became the wife of Prācīnabarhis.

सामुद्री सुषुवे पुत्रान्दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः सर्वे प्राचेतसा नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः

Sāmudrī gave birth to ten sons for Prācīnabarhis, all known as the Prāchetasas, accomplished in the science of archery.

येषां स्वायंभुवे दक्षः पुत्रत्वमगमत्पुरा त्रियम्बकस्य शापेन चाक्षुषस्यांतरे मनोः

Among them, in the Svāyambhuva epoch, Dakṣa became a son, due to the curse of Triambaka, during the reign of Manu Cākṣuṣa.

इत्येते ब्रह्मपुत्राणां धर्मादीनाम्महात्मनाम् नातिसंक्षेपतो विप्रा नाति विस्तरतः क्रमात्

Thus, O sages, I have described in due order, neither too briefly nor too elaborately, the lineages of the great-souled sons of Brahmā, such as Dharma.

वर्णिता वै मया वंशा दिव्या देवगणान्विताः क्रियावंतः प्रजावंतो महर्धिभिरलंकृताः

Indeed, I have recounted the divine lineages, adorned with hosts of gods, active in rites, prolific in offspring, and endowed with great splendor.

प्रजानां संनिवेशो ऽयं प्रजापतिसमुद्भवः न हि शक्यः प्रसंख्यातुं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि

This arrangement of beings, originating from the progenitors, cannot be fully enumerated even in hundreds of millions of years.

राज्ञामपि च यो वंशो द्विधा सो ऽपि प्रवर्तते सूर्यवंशस्सोमवंश इति पुण्यतमः क्षितौ

The lineage of kings also proceeds in two branches on earth, known as the Solar and Lunar dynasties, most meritorious among men.

इक्ष्वाकुरम्बरीषश्च ययातिर्नाहुषादयः पुण्यश्लोकाः श्रुता ये ऽत्र ते पि तद्वंशसंभवाः

Ikṣvāku, Ambarīṣa, Yayāti, Nāhuṣa, and others renowned in virtue, who are heard of here, all arose from those lineages.

अन्ये च राजऋषयो नानावीर्यसमन्विता किं तैः फलमनुत्क्रांतैरुक्तपूर्वैः पुरातनैः

There are also other royal sages, endowed with various virtues; but what is the use of recounting those ancient ones whose fruits have already passed?