Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

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?

किं चेश्वरकथा वृत्ता यत्र तत्रान्यकीर्तनम् न सद्भिः संमतं मत्वा नोत्सहे बहुभाषितुम्

Moreover, where the narratives of the Lord are being told, mention of others is not approved by the virtuous; thus, I do not wish to speak at length.

प्रसंगादीश्वरस्यैव प्रभावद्योतनादपि सर्गादयो ऽपि कथिता इत्यत्र तत्प्रविस्तरैः

Incidentally, for the sake of illustrating the Lord’s greatness, the accounts of creation and so forth have also been told here, along with their expansions.

देवी दक्षस्य तनया त्यक्त्वा दाक्षायणी तनुम् कथं हिमवतः पुत्री मेनायामभवत्पुरा

How did the goddess, daughter of Dakṣa, after abandoning her Dākṣāyaṇī form, become the daughter of Himavat and Menā in ancient times?

कथं च निन्दितो रुद्रो दक्षेण च महात्मना निमित्तमपि किं तत्र येन स्यान्निंदितो भवः

And how was Rudra reproached by the great-souled Dakṣa? What was the cause there by which Bhava was censured?

उत्पन्नश्च कथं दक्षो अभिशापाद्भवस्य तु चाक्षुषस्यांतरे पूर्वं मनोः प्रब्रूहि मारुत

And how was Daksha born, O Maruta, as a result of Bhava's curse, in the interval between the Cākṣuṣa and the previous Manu? Tell me.

शृण्वंतु कथयिष्यामि दक्षस्य लघुचेतसः वृत्तं पापात्प्रमादाच्च विश्वामरविदूषणम्

Listen, I shall recount the story of Daksha, of shallow mind—his conduct, sinful and reckless, which brought disgrace upon the gods and sages.

पुरा सुरासुराः सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः कदाचिद्द्रष्टुमीशानं हिमवच्छिखरं ययुः

Once, all the gods and demons, along with the Siddhas and supreme sages, went to the peak of the Himalaya to behold Īśāna.

तदा देवश्च देवी च दिव्यासनगतावुभौ दर्शनं ददतुस्तेषां देवादीनां द्विजोत्तमाः

At that time, the god and goddess, seated upon a divine throne, granted their audience to those foremost among gods and twice-born sages.

तदानीमेव दक्षो ऽपि गतस्तत्र सहामरैः जामातरं हरं द्रष्टुं द्रष्टुं चात्मसुतां सतीम्

Then Daksha too arrived there with the immortals, wishing to see his son-in-law Hara and his own daughter Satī.

तदात्मगौरवाद्देवो देव्या दक्षे समागते देवादिभ्यो विशेषेण न कदाचिदभूत्स्मृतिः

But out of self-regard, the god, though Daksha had arrived with the goddess, never especially acknowledged the gods and others present.