Varaha Purana

तत्र दाक्षायणीपुत्राः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । वसवोऽष्टौ च रुद्राश्च आदित्या मरुतस्तथा ।। २१.

There, all the sons of Daksha, the gods with Indra, the eight Vasus, the Rudras, the Adityas, and the Maruts were born.

साऽपि दक्षाय सुश्रोणी गौरी दत्ताथ ब्रह्मणा । दुहितृत्वे पुरा या हि रुद्रेणोढा महात्मना ।। २१.

Gauri, with beautiful hips, was given by Brahma to Daksha as a daughter; she who was formerly married to Rudra, the great soul.

सा च दाक्षायणी देवी पुनर्भूता नृपोत्तम । ततो दक्षः प्रहृष्टात्मा दौहित्रान् स्वान् स वृद्धिकृत् । दृष्ट्वा यज्ञमथारेभे प्रीणनाय प्रजापतिः ।। २१.

That goddess Dakshayani was born again, O best of kings; then Daksha, delighted, saw his grandsons increase and, seeing the sacrifice, began it for the joy of Prajapati.

तत्र ब्रह्मसुताः सर्वे मरीच्यादय एव च । चक्रुरार्त्त्विज्यकं कर्म्म स्वे स्वे मार्गे व्यवस्थिताः ।। २१.

There, all the sons of Brahma, beginning with Marichi, performed the priestly duties, each established in his own path.

ब्रह्मा स्वयं मरीच्यस्तु बभूवाऽन्ये तथापरे । अत्रिस्तु यज्ञकर्मस्थ आग्नीध्रस्त्वङ्गिरा भवत् ।। २१.

Brahma himself, Marichi, and others took their places; Atri was engaged in sacrificial rites, Agnidra became Angiras.

होता पुलस्त्यस्त्वभवदुद्गाता पुलहोऽभवत् । क्रतौ क्रतुस्तु प्रस्तोता तदा यज्ञे महातपाः ।। २१.

Pulastya became the hotṛ priest, Pulaha was the udgātṛ; Kratu was the prastotṛ in that sacrifice, and the great ascetic Kratu was the prastotṛ at the yajña.

प्रतिहर्ता प्रचेतास्तु तस्मिन् क्रतुवरे बभौ । सुब्रह्मण्यो वसिष्ठस्तु सनकाद्याः सभासदः । तत्र याज्यः स्वयं ब्रह्मा स च इज्यस्तु पूज्यते ।। २१.

Pracetas was the pratihartṛ in that supreme sacrifice; Subrahmaṇya was Vasiṣṭha, and Sanaka and the others were the assembly members; there, Brahmā himself was the yajamāna, and he was worshipped as the one to be honored.

पूज्या दक्षस्य दौहित्रा रुद्रादित्याङ्गिरादयः । प्रत्यक्षपितरस्ते हि तैः प्रीतैः प्रीयते जगत् ।। २१.

The grandsons of Dakṣa—Rudras, Ādityas, Aṅgiras and others—were to be worshipped; they are the visible ancestors, and by pleasing them, the world is satisfied.

तत्र भागार्थिनो देवा आदित्या वसवस्तथा । विश्वेदेवाः सपितरो गन्धर्वाद्या मरुद्गणाः ।। २१.

There, the gods who sought their shares were the Ādityas, Vasus, Viśvadevas, Pitṛs, Gandharvas and others, and the hosts of Maruts.

जगृहुर्यज्ञभागान् स्वान् यावत् ते हविषोर्पितान् । तावत्कालं जलात् सद्य उत्तस्थौ ब्रह्मणः पुनः ।। २१.

They received their respective portions of the sacrifice as long as the oblations were offered; at that very moment, Brahmā again rose up from the waters.

रुद्रः कोपोद्भवो यस्तु पूर्वं मग्नो महाजले । स सहस्त्रार्कसंकाशो निश्चक्राम जलात् ततः ।। २१.

Rudra, who was born from anger and had previously been immersed in the great waters, then emerged from the water, shining like a thousand suns.

सर्वज्ञानमयो देवः सर्वदेवमयोऽमलः । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य जगतस्तपसा बभौ ।। २१.

That god, composed of all knowledge, pure and embodying all the gods, became manifest to sight through his ascetic power, perceiving all the worlds.

तस्मिंस्तु काले पञ्चानां जातः सर्गो नरोत्तम । दिव्यानां पृथिवीस्थानां चतुर्णामरजातिनाम् ।। २१.

At that time, O best of men, the creation of five kinds was born—of the divine beings and the four classes dwelling on earth.

रौद्रसर्गस्य संभूतिस्तदा सद्योऽपि जायते । इदानीं रुद्रसर्गं त्वं श्रृणु पार्थिवसत्तम ।। २१.

The arising of the Raudra creation happened immediately then; now, O best of kings, listen to the account of the creation of Rudra.

दशवर्षसहस्त्राणि तपश्चीर्त्वा महज्जले । प्रतिबुद्धो यदा रुद्रस्तदा चोर्वों सकाननाम् । दृष्ट्वा सस्यवतीं रम्यां मनुष्यपशुसंकुलाम् ।। २१.

After performing austerity for ten thousand years in the great waters, when Rudra awoke, he saw the earth with its forests, beautiful and rich with crops, teeming with humans and animals.

शुश्राव च तदा शब्दानृत्विजां दक्षसद्मनि । आश्रमे यज्ञिनां चोच्चैर्योगस्थैरिति कीर्त्तितम् ।। २१.

Then he heard the sounds of the officiating priests in Dakṣa's abode, and in the hermitage of the sacrificers, loudly reciting in yogic concentration, as was proclaimed.

ततः श्रुत्वा महातेजाः सर्वज्ञः परमेश्वरः । चुकोप सुभृशं देवो वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ।। २१.

Hearing this, the great and all-knowing Lord, blazing with energy, became greatly enraged and spoke these words.

अहं पूर्वं तु कविना सृष्टः सर्वात्मना विभुः । प्रजाः सृजस्वेति तदा वाक्यमेतत् तथोक्तवान् ।। २१.

I was formerly created by the sage, the all-pervading one, with the command: 'Create beings!'—thus was this statement truly spoken.

इदानीं केन तत्कर्म कृतं सृष्ट्यादिवर्णनम् । एवमुक्त्वा भृशं कोपान्ननाद परमेश्वरः ।। २१.

Now, by whom has this act—the description of creation and its beginning—been performed? Having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord, filled with great anger, roared.

तस्य नानदतो ज्वालाः श्रोत्रेभ्यो निर्ययुस्तदा । तत्र भूतानि वेताला उच्छ्रुष्माः प्रेतपूतनाः ।। २१.

As he roared, flames issued from his ears; from them arose beings—vetālas, fierce spirits, pretas, and piśācas.

कूष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च सर्वे प्रज्वलिताननाः । उत्तस्थुः कोटिशस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणावृताः ।। २१.

Kūṣmāṇḍas and yātudhānas, all with blazing faces, arose there by the millions, armed with various weapons.

ते दृष्ट्वा भूतसंघाता विविधायुधपाणयः । ससर्ज वेदविद्याङ्गं रथं परमशोभनम् ।। २१.

Seeing those hosts of beings, holding diverse weapons, he created a most splendid chariot, endowed with the limbs of Vedic knowledge.

तस्मिन्नृगादयस्त्वश्वास्त्रितत्त्वं च त्रिवेणुकम् । त्रिपूजकं त्रिषवणं धर्माक्षं मारुतध्वनिम् ।। २१.

On that chariot were the Ṛg and other Vedas, horses, the threefold essence, the triple braid, the triple worship, the three pressings, the righteous dice, and the sound of the wind.

अहोरात्रे पताके द्वे धर्माधर्मे तु दण्डके । शकटं सर्वविद्याश्च स्वयं ब्रह्मादिसारथिः ।। २१.

Day and night are his two banners, righteousness and unrighteousness are his two rods; the chariot is all knowledge, and Brahma himself is the charioteer, along with the other gods.

गायत्री च धनुस्तस्य ओङ्कारो गुण एव च । स्वराः सप्त शरास्तस्य देवदेवस्य सुव्रत ।। २१.

Gayatri is his bow, Om is the bowstring, and the seven notes are the arrows of that Lord of gods, O virtuous one.

एवं कृत्वा स सामग्रीं देवदेवः प्रतापवान् । जगाम दक्षयज्ञाय कोपाद् रुद्रः प्रतापवान् ।। २१.

Having thus assembled these things, the glorious Lord of gods, filled with wrath, went to Daksha’s sacrifice.

गच्छतस्तस्य देवस्य अम्बराङ्गिरसं नयत् । ऋत्विजां मन्त्रनिचयो नष्टो रुद्रागमे तदा ।। २१.

As that god advanced, leading the Angirasa spirits through the sky, the collection of mantras of the priests was lost at Rudra’s arrival.

विपरीतमिदं दृष्ट्वा तदा सर्वे च ऋत्विजः । ऊचुः संनह्यतां देवा महद् वो भयमागतम् ।। २१.

Seeing this reversal, all the priests then said: 'Let the gods arm themselves; a great danger has come upon you.'

कश्चिदायाति बलवानसुरो ब्रह्मनिर्मितः । यज्ञभागार्थमेतस्मिन् क्रतौ परमदुर्लभम् ।। २१.

'Some powerful demon, created by Brahma, is coming here for a share of the sacrifice, which is extremely difficult to obtain in this rite.'