Vayu Purana

किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत्। चतुर्थं देहि मे नाम इत्युवाच स्वयम्भुवम् ।। २७.

Brahma asked him, 'Why do you cry?' The boy replied again, 'Give me a fourth name,' addressing the self-born one.

पशूनां त्वं पतिर्देव इत्युक्तः सोऽरुदत्पुनः। किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत् ।। २७.

'You are the lord of creatures, O god,' Brahma said; yet he cried again. Brahma asked him, 'Why do you cry?'

पञ्चमं देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाच तम्। ईशस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सोऽरुदत्पुनः ।। २७.

He said, 'Give me a fifth name.' Brahma replied, 'You are Ishana by name, O god.' Yet he cried again.

किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत्। षष्ठं मे नाम देहीति इत्युवाचाथ तं प्रभुम् ।। २७.

Brahma asked him, 'Why do you cry?' The boy replied again, 'Give me a sixth name,' addressing the Lord.

भीमस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सोऽरुदत्पुनः । किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत् ।। २७.

'You are Bhima by name, O god,' Brahma said; yet he cried again. Brahma asked him, 'Why do you cry?'

सप्तमं देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाच तम्। उग्रस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सोऽरुदत्पुनः ।। २७.

He said, 'Give me a seventh name.' Brahma replied, 'You are Ugra by name, O god.' Yet he cried again.

किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत्। अष्ठमं देहि मे नाम त्वं विभो पुनरब्रवीत्। महादेवस्तु नाम्नासि इत्युक्तो विरराम ह ।। २७.

Brahma asked him, 'Why do you cry?' The boy replied again, 'Give me an eighth name, O Lord.' Brahma said, 'You are Mahadeva by name.' Then he ceased.

लब्ध्वा नामानि चैतानि ब्रह्मणो नीललोहितः। प्रोवाच नाम्नामेतेषां भूतानि प्रदिशेति ह ।। २७.

Having received these names from Brahmā, Nīlalohita spoke: 'By these names, let these beings be designated.'

ततोऽभिशृष्टास्तनव एषां नाम्नां स्वयम्भुवा। सूर्यो मही जलं वह्निर्वायुराकाशमेव च ।। २७.

Then, the forms of these—Sun, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Space—were endowed with those names by the self-born one.

दीक्षितो ब्रह्मणश्चन्द्र इत्येते ब्रह्मधातवः। तेषु पूज्यश्च वन्द्यः स्याद्रुद्रस्तान् हिनस्ति वै ।। २७.

The Moon, consecrated by Brahmā, and these are the elements of Brahman; among them, Rudra is to be honored and revered, for he indeed destroys them.

ततोऽब्रवीत् पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं नीललोहितम् । द्वितीयं नामधेयन्ते मया प्रोक्तं भवेति यत्। एतस्यापो द्वितीया ते तनुर्नाम्ना भविष्यति ।। २७.

Then Brahmā again spoke to that god Nīlalohita: 'The second name I have given you is Bhava; your second form will be called by this name, and it will be water.'

इत्युक्ते यत् स्थिरं तस्य शरीरस्थं रसात्मकम्। तद्विवेश ततस्तोयं तस्मादापो भवः स्मृतः ।। २७.

When this was said, that which was stable and fluid within his body entered into water; therefore, he is remembered as Bhava in relation to water.

यस्माद्भवन्ति भूतानि ताभ्यस्ता भावयन्ति च। भवनाद्भावनाच्चैव भूतानां सम्भवः स्मृतः ।। २७.

Because beings arise from them and are sustained by them, from 'bhava' (becoming) and 'bhāvana' (sustaining), the origin of beings is thus declared.

तस्मान्मूत्रं पुरीषञ्च नाप्सु कुर्वीत सर्वदा। न स्नायेदप्सु नग्नश्च न निष्ठीवेत् कदाचन ।। २७.

Therefore, one should never pass urine or feces in water; one should not bathe naked in water, nor ever spit into it.

मैथुनं नैव सेवेत शिरःस्नानञ्च वर्जयेत्। न प्रीतः परिचक्षीत वहन्न संस्थितोऽपि वा ।। २७.

One should not engage in sexual acts, nor wash the head in water; one should not speak disrespectfully, whether moving or standing in it.

मेध्यामेध्यशरीरत्वान्नैव दुष्यन्त्यपः क्वचित् । विवर्णरसगन्धाश्च अल्पाश्च परिवर्जयेत् ।। २७.

Because of their pure and impure bodily states, waters are never defiled; but those that are discolored, tasteless, foul-smelling, or scant should be avoided.

अपां योनिः समुद्रश्च तस्मात्तं कामयन्ति ताः। मेध्याश्चैवामृताश्चैव भवन्ति प्राप्य सागरम् ।। २७.

The ocean is the source of waters, therefore they long for it; upon reaching the sea, they become pure and immortal.

तस्मादपो न रुन्धीत समुद्रं कामयन्ति ताः। न हिनस्ति भवो देवः सदैवं योऽप्सु वर्त्तते ।। २७.

Therefore, one should not obstruct the waters, for they desire the ocean; Bhava, the god, never harms one who dwells in water in this way.

ततोऽब्रवीत् पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं कृष्णलोहितम्। शर्वस्त्वमिति यन्नाम तृतीयं समुदाहृतम्। तस्य भूमिस्तृतीया तु तनुर्नाम्ना भवत्वियम् ।। २७.

Then Brahmā again spoke to that god Kṛṣṇalohita: 'The third name declared for you is Śarva; let this, the earth, be your third form by name.'

इत्युक्ते यत् स्थिरं तस्य शरीरस्यास्थिसंज्ञितम्। तद्विवेश ततो भूमिस्तस्माद्भूः शर्व उच्यते ।। २७.

When this was said, that which was stable in his body, known as bone, entered into the earth; therefore, Śarva is called earth.

तस्मात् कुर्वीत नो विद्वान् पुरीषम्मूत्रमेव वा। न च्छायायां न सोपाने स्वच्छायां नापि मेहयेत् ।। २७.

Therefore, a wise person should not pass feces or urine on the earth, nor on a shadow, nor on a staircase, nor on his own shadow.

शिरः प्रापृत्य कुर्वीत अन्तर्द्धाय तृणैर्महीम्। य एवं वर्त्तते भूमौ तं शर्वो न हिनस्ति वै ।। २७.

Having covered the head, one should do so, concealing it with grass on the ground; one who acts thus on earth is not harmed by Śarva.

ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं नीललोहितम्। ईशान इति यत्‌प्रोक्तं चतुर्थं नाम ते मया ।। २७.

Then Brahmā again spoke to that god Nīlalohita: 'Īśāna is the fourth name I have given you.'

चतुर्थस्य चतुर्थी स्याद्वायुर्नाम्ना तनुस्तव। इत्युक्ते यच्छरीरस्थं पञ्चधा प्राणसंज्ञितम् ।। २७.

The fourth form for you is wind, by name; when this was said, that which is within the body, known as the fivefold breath, entered there.

विवेश तं तदा वायुरीशानो वायुरुच्यते। तस्मादेनं परिवदेदायतं वायुमीश्वरम्। एवं युक्तमथेशानो नैव देवो हिनस्ति तम् ।। २७.

Then wind entered him; thus, he is called Īśāna as wind. Therefore, one should honor the extended wind as lord; thus, when honored, the god Īśāna does not harm him.

ततोऽब्रवीत् पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं धूम्रलोहितम्। यत्ते पशुपतीत्युक्तं मया नामेह पञ्चमम्। पञ्चमी पञ्चमस्यैव तनुर्नाम्नाऽग्निरस्तु ते ।। २७.

Then Brahma again spoke to that god Dhūmralohita: The name Paśupati, which I have given you here as the fifth, let the fifth form of yours be called Agni by name.

इत्युक्ते यच्छरीरस्थं तेजस्तस्योपसंज्ञितम्। विवेश तत्तदा ह्यग्निस्तस्मात्पशुपतिः पतिः ।। २७.

When this was said, the radiance present in his body was designated, and Agni entered it at that time; therefore, Paśupati is the lord.

चन्द्रमास्तु स्मृतः सोमस्तस्यात्मा ह्योषधीगणः। एवं यो वर्त्तते विद्वान् सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि। न हन्ति तं महादेव एवं वन्देत तं प्रभुम् ।। २७.

The moon is remembered as Soma, whose essence is the multitude of plants; thus, the wise one who acts in this way always, at every festival, Mahadeva does not harm him; thus, let him worship that lord.

गोपायति दिवादित्यः प्रजा नक्तन्तु चन्द्रमाः। एकरात्रे समेयातां सूर्य्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ। अमावास्यानिशायान्तु तस्यां युक्तः सदा वसेत् ।। २७.

The sun protects creatures by day, and the moon by night; both, the sun and the moon, meet in a single night; in the night of the new moon, he always resides united therein.