Vayu Purana

हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये भृगुतुङ्गे नगोत्तमे। नाम्ना भृगोस्तु शिखरन्तस्मात्तच्छिखरम्भृगुः ।। २३.

On the beautiful peak of Himavat, on the lofty mountain of Bhrigu, known as the summit of Bhrigu, from that summit, it is called Bhrigu.

तत्रैव मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति दृढव्रताः। बलबन्धुर्निरामित्रः केतुश्रृङ्गस्तपोधनः ।। २३.

There, my sons will be steadfast in their vows: Balabandhu, Nirāmitra, Ketuśṛṅga, and Tapodhana.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति तपसा दग्धकल्मषाः ।। २३.

Possessed of yoga, great souls endowed with the practice of meditation, purified of sin by austerity, they will go to the world of Rudra.

एकादशे द्वापरे तु त्रिवृद्व्यासो भविष्यति। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि गङ्गाद्वारे कलेर्धुरि ।। २३.

In the eleventh Dvāpara, the threefold Vyāsa will be born; at that time too, I will be present at the gateway of the Gaṅgā, at the end of Kali.

उग्रा नाम महानादास्तत्रैव मम पुत्रकाः। भविष्यन्ति महौजस्काः सुवृत्ता लोकविश्रुताः ।। २३.

There, my sons named Ugrā and Mahānāda will be born, possessing great energy, virtuous, and renowned in the world.

लम्बोदरश्च लम्बश्च लम्बाक्षो लम्बकेशकः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परां गतिम् ।। २३.

Lambodara, Lamba, Lambākṣa, and Lambakeśaka, having attained the Maheśvara yoga, will be established in the world of Rudra; they too, by that very path, will reach the supreme state.

द्वादशे पिरवर्त्ते तु शततेजा महामुनिः। भविष्यति महासत्त्वो व्यासः कविवरोत्तमः ।। २३.

In the twelfth cycle, the great sage Śatatejā, of great strength and the foremost among poets, will become Vyāsa.

ततोऽप्यहं भविष्यामि अत्रिर्नाम युगान्तिके। हैमकं वनमासाद्य योगमास्थाय भूतले ।। २३.

After that, at the end of the age, I will be born as Atri, having reached the golden forest and established in yoga on earth.

अत्रापि मा ते पुत्रा भस्मस्नानानुलेपनाः। भविष्यन्ति महायोग रुद्रलोकपरायणाः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be smeared with ashes from their bath, devoted to great yoga, and intent on reaching the world of Rudra.

सर्वज्ञः समबुद्धिश्च साध्यः सर्वस्तथैव च। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति ध्यानयोगपरायणाः ।। २३.

All-knowing, of equal mind, accomplished, and likewise all others, devoted to meditation and yoga, they will go to the world of Rudra.

त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। धर्मो नरायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा ।। २३.

When the thirteenth cycle arrives in order, Dharma, named Nārāyaṇa, will become Vyāsa.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः। वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। २३.

At that time too, I will be born as the great sage Vāli, in the sacred hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, on Mount Gandhamādana.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वसिष्ठो विरजास्तथा ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be ascetics: Sudhāmā, Kāśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, and Virajā.

महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेनैव योगमार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः ।। २३.

Endowed with the power of great yoga, pure, with upward-flowing energy, by that very path of yoga, they will surely reach the highest state.

सुरक्षणो यदा व्यासः पर्याये तु चतुर्द्दशे। तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके ।। २३.

When Surakṣaṇa becomes Vyāsa in the fourteenth cycle, there again, at the end of the age, I will be present.

वंशे त्वङ्गिरसः श्रेष्ठो गौतमो नाम योगवित्। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम् ।। २३.

In the lineage, the best of the Aṅgirasas, Gautama by name, knower of yoga, will be born; from him, the sacred forest called Gautama will arise.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तथा। अत्रिरुग्रतपाश्चैव श्रावणोऽथ स्रविष्टकः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be born in the Kali age: Atri, Ugratapas, Śrāvaṇa, and Sraviṣṭaka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगपरायणाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकनिवासिनः ।। २३.

Possessed of yoga, great souls devoted to meditation and yoga, they too, by that very path, will dwell in the world of Rudra.

ततः प्राप्ते पञ्चदशे परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। आरुणिस्तु यदा व्यासो द्वापरे भविता प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then, when the fifteenth cycle arrives in due order, Āruṇi will become Vyāsa in the Dvāpara, the lord.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि नाम्ना वेदशिरा द्विजाः। तत्र वेदशिरा नाम अस्त्रं तत्पारमेश्वरम् ।। २३.

At that time also, O twice-born, I shall exist by the name Vedaśirā; there, Vedaśirā is the name of a weapon, that supreme weapon of Īśvara.

भविष्यति महावीर्यं वेदशीर्षा च पर्वतः। हिमवत्पृष्ठमाश्रित्य सरस्वत्या नगोत्तमे ।। २३.

There will be a mountain of great might called Vedaśīrṣā, situated upon the back of Himavat, the most excellent of mountains, by the Sarasvatī.

तदापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। कुणिश्च कुणिबाहुश्च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः ।। २३.

Then also, my sons will be ascetics rich in austerity: Kuṇi, Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra, and Kunetraka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ब्रह्मिष्ठाश्चोर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकं गतास्तु ते ।। २३.

They are yogis, great souls, devoted to Brahman, with their energy directed upwards; they too, by that very path, have gone to the world of Rudra.

ततः षोडशमे चापि परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। व्यासस्तु सञ्जयो नाम भविष्यति तदा प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then, when the sixteenth cycle arrives in due order, Vyāsa will be born with the name Sañjaya, the lord.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गोकर्णो नाम नामतः। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गोकर्णं नाम तद्वनम् ।। २३.

At that time also, I shall exist by the name Gokarṇa; from that, the holy forest called Gokarṇa will arise.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। कश्यपो ह्युशनाश्चैव च्यवनोऽथ बृहस्पतिः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परं पदम् ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be of great energy: Kaśyapa, Uśanā, Cyavana, and Bṛhaspati; they also, by that same path, will attain the supreme state.

ततः सप्तदशे चैव परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। तदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना देवकृतञ्जयः ।। २३.

Then, when the seventeenth cycle arrives in due order, Vyāsa will be born with the name Devakṛtañjaya.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गुहावासीति नामतः। हिमवच्छिखरे चैव महातुङ्गे महालये। सिद्धिक्षेत्रं महापुण्यं भविष्यति महालयम् ।। २३.

At that time also, I shall exist by the name Guhāvāsī; on the lofty, great peak of Himavat, in the great abode, there will be a field of accomplishment, a place of great merit.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा ब्रह्मण्या योगवेदिनः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानः सर्वज्ञा निरहङ्कृताः ।। २३.

There too, my sons, devoted to Brahman and knowers of yoga, will be great souls, all-knowing, free from pride.