Vayu Purana

अजैकपादुपस्थेयः स वै शालामुखीयकः। अनुद्देश्योप्यहिर्बुध्न्यः सोऽग्निर्गृहपतिः स्मृतः ।। २९.

The fire called Ajaikapada is to be placed as the Shalamukhiya; though not specifically designated, the Ahirbudhnya fire is known as the lord of the house.

शंस्यस्यैव सुताः सर्व्वे उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः। ततो विहरणीयांश्च वक्ष्याम्यष्टौ तु तत्सुतान् ।। २९.

All the sons of the fire to be praised are said by the twice-born to be placed; now I shall mention the eight sons who are to be enjoyed.

क्रतुप्रवाहणोऽग्नीध्रस्तत्रस्था धिष्णयोऽपरे। विह्रियन्ते यथास्थानं सौत्योह्नि सवनक्रमात् ।। २९.

Kratu, Pravahana, Agnidhra—these are the other hearths established there; they are arranged in their proper places in the order of the Soma sacrifice on the pressing day.

पौत्रेयस्तु ततो ह्यग्निः स्मृतो यो हव्यवाहनः। शान्तिस्वाग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयः सत्य उच्यते ।। २९.

The fire called Pautreya is then known as the carrier of offerings; the fire of peace, Prachetas, is the second, called Satya.

तथाग्निर्विश्वदेवस्तु ब्रह्मस्थाने स उच्यते। अवक्षुरच्छावाकस्तु भुवः स्थाने विभाव्यते ।। २९.

Likewise, the fire called Vishvadeva is said to be in the place of Brahman; Avakshura and Achchhavaka are considered to be in the place of the earth.

उशीराग्निः सवीर्यस्तु नेष्ठीयः संविभाव्यते। अष्टमस्तु व्यरत्निस्तु मार्जालीयः प्रकीर्त्तितः ।। २९.

The ushirāgni, endowed with strength, is called the neṣṭhīya and is distributed; the eighth, without jewels, is known as the mārjālīya.

धिष्ण्या विहरणीया ये सौम्येनान्येन चैव हि। तयोर्यः पावको नाम स चापां गर्भ उच्यते ।। २९.

Those dhiṣṇya fires which are to be moved about, both by the gentle and by the other (means), among them, the one called Pāvaka is said to be the embryo of the waters.

अग्निः सोऽवभृथो ज्ञेयः सम्यक् प्राप्याप्सु हूयते। हृच्छयस्तत्सुतो ह्यग्निर्जठरे यो नृणां स्थितः ।। २९.

That fire is to be known as Avabhṛtha, which, having been properly obtained, is offered into the waters; the fire born from desire in the heart is the one that resides in the stomach of men.

मन्युमान् जाठरस्याग्नेर्विद्वानग्निः सुतः स्मृतः। परस्परोच्छ्रितः सोऽग्निर्भूतानां ह विभुर्महान् ।। २९.

The fire born of the stomach, accompanied by anger and knowledge, is remembered as the son of Agni; that fire, rising mutually, is the great and powerful one among beings.

पुत्रः सोऽग्नेर्मन्युमतो घोरः संवर्त्तकः स्मृतः । पिबन्नपः स वसति समुद्रे वढवामुखः ।। २९.

The son of Agni, born of anger, is remembered as the fierce Samvartaka; drinking up the waters, he dwells in the ocean with a mare's mouth.

समुद्र वासिनः पुत्रः सहरक्षो विभाव्यते। सहरक्षसुतः क्षामो गृहाणि स दहेन्नॄणाम् ।। २९.

The son of the ocean-dweller, together with Saharakṣa, is to be recognized; the son of Saharakṣa, being lean, burns the houses of men.

क्रव्यादोऽग्निः सुतस्तस्य पुरुषानत्ति यो मृतान् । इत्येते पावकस्याग्नेः पुत्रा ह्येवं प्रकीर्तिताः ।। २९.

The fire Kravyāda, his son, consumes dead men; thus these sons of Pāvaka Agni have been described.

ततः शुचेस्तु यैः सौरेर्गन्धर्वैरसुरावृतैः। मथितो यस्त्वरण्यां वै सोऽग्निरग्निः समिध्यते ।। २९.

Then, the fire of Śuci, churned in the forest by Gandharvas surrounded by Asuras, is kindled as Agni.

आयुर्नामाथ भगवान् पशौ यस्तु प्रणीयते। आयुषो महिमान् पुत्रः स शावान्नामतः सुतः ।। २९.

Next, the blessed one named Āyus, who is led in the animal (sacrifice), is the son of Āyuṣa, and his son is called Śāvān.

पाकयज्ञेष्वभिमानी सोऽग्निस्तु सवनः स्मृतः। पुत्रश्च सवनस्याग्नेरद्भुतः स महायशाः ।। २९.

In the Pākayajña sacrifices, the presiding fire is called Savana; the son of Savana Agni is Adbhuta, who is greatly renowned.

विविचिस्त्वद्भुतस्यापि पुत्रोऽग्नेः स महान् स्मृतः। प्रायश्चित्तेऽथ भीमानां हुतं भुह्क्ते हविः सदा ।। २९.

Vivici is also remembered as the son of Adbhuta, a great fire; in the fearful expiatory rites, he always consumes the oblation.

विविचेस्तु सुतो ह्यर्को योऽग्निस्तस्य सुतास्त्विमे। अनीकवान् वासृजवांश्च रक्षोहा पितृकृत्तथा। सुरभिर्वसुरत्नादौ प्रविष्टो यश्च रुक्मवान् ।। २९.

The son of Vivici is Arka, and these are his sons: Anīkavat, Vāsṛjava, Rakṣohā, Pitṛkṛt, Surabhi, entered into Vasuratna and others, and Rukmavat.

शुचेरग्नेः प्रजा वह्नयस्तु चतुर्द्दश। इत्येते वह्नयः प्रोक्ताः प्रणीयन्तेऽध्वरेषु ये ।। २९.

The offspring of Śuci Agni are fourteen fires; thus these fires have been declared, which are led in the sacrifices.

आदिसर्गे ह्यतीता वै यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः। स्वायम्भु वेऽन्तरे पूर्वमग्नयस्तेऽभिमानिनः ।। २९.

In the first creation, along with the best of the gods and the Yamas, those Agnis who were proud existed formerly in the interval of Svāyambhuva.

एते विहरणीयास्तु चेतनाचेतनेष्विह। स्थानाभिमानिनो लोके प्रागासन् हव्यवाहनाः ।। २९.

These, both among the animate and inanimate here, were formerly the lords of places in the world, the carriers of offerings.

काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रेष्वेते कर्मस्ववस्थिताः। पूर्वमन्वन्तरेऽतीते शुक्लैर्यामैः सुतैः सह। देवैर्महात्मभिः पुण्यैः प्रथमस्यान्तरे मनोः ।। २९.

Established in all desired, occasional, and perpetual rites, in the previous Manvantara, along with the sons of the white Yamas, with the virtuous and great-souled gods, in the first interval of Manu.

इत्येतानि मयोक्तानि स्थानानि स्थानिनश्च ह । तैरेव तु प्रसङ्ख्यातमतीतानागतेष्वपि ।। २९.

Thus these places and their lords have been described by me; by them alone, enumeration is made for both past and future.

मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु लक्षणं जातवेदसाम्। सर्वे तपस्विनो ह्येते सर्वे ह्यवभृथा स्तथा। प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च ते स्मृताः ।। २९.

In all the Manvantaras, these are the characteristics of the Jātavedas; all are ascetics, all are Avabhṛtha fires, all are considered lords of beings and radiant.

स्वारोचिषादिषु ज्ञेयाः सावर्ण्यन्तेषु सप्तसु। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु नानारूपप्रयोजनैः ।। २९.

In the seven Manvantaras, beginning with Svārociṣa and ending with Sāvarṇi, all are to be understood as having various forms and purposes.

वर्त्तन्ते वर्त्तमानैश्च देवैरिह सहाग्नयः। अनागतैः सुरैः सार्द्धं वर्त्तन्तेऽनागताग्नयः ।। २९.

Here, the fires exist together with the present gods; and with the future gods, the future fires will exist together.

इत्येष निनयोऽग्नीनां मया प्रोक्तो यथातथम्। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च पितॄणां वक्ष्यते ततः ।। २९.

Thus, the arrangement of the fires has been explained by me as it truly is; next, the detailed succession of the ancestors will be described.

ब्रह्मणः सृजतः पुत्रान् पूर्वे स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। अम्भांसि जज्ञिरे तानि मनुष्यासुरदेवताः ।। ३०.

In the earlier Svāyambhuva Manvantara, when Brahmā was creating his sons, the waters were born—those are humans, asuras, and gods.

पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य जज्ञिरे पितरोऽस्य वै। तेषान्निसर्गः प्रागुक्तो विस्तरस्तस्य वक्ष्यते ।। ३०.

When he considered himself as possessing ancestors, his ancestors were indeed born; their origin was previously stated, and its details will now be described.

देवासुरमनुष्याणां दृष्ट्वा देवोऽभ्यभाषत। पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य जज्ञिरे वोपयक्षिताः ।। ३०.

Seeing the gods, asuras, and humans, the god spoke: 'When he considered himself as possessing ancestors, those ancestors were indeed born and protected.'