अध्याय ८
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे प्रथमे ऽंशे सप्तमो ऽध्यायः ]] कथितस् तामसः सर्गो ब्रह्मणस् ते महामुने रुद्रसर्गं प्रवक्ष्यामि तन् मे निगदतः शृणु
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe prathame 'ṃśe saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] kathitas tāmasaḥ sargo brahmaṇas te mahāmune rudrasargaṃ pravakṣyāmi tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu
हिन्दी अर्थ
अपने मार्गसे तथा अन्य तारागण भी अपने-अपने
English
ARASARA said, — '0 mighty ascctic, I have narrated unto thee the creation of Brahma connected with the princi- ple of dullness. Now I shall unfold tmto thee the creation' called Rudra. Do thrm hearken as I proceed ! At the outsétt>f a Kalpa, as the Lord was rapt in thoughts about a son resem- bling himself, on his 'ap appcared one hued red-blue. And, best of regenerate persons, crying in sweet tones, he went about. And as he was crying, Brahma asked him, — 'Why dost thou weep?' And thereon, he said unto the Lord of creatures, — 'Let me have a name.' And (the Lord said), — '0 divine one, thou art tiamed Rudra.* Do not cry. Have patience.' Thus accosted, hc again cried for seven times. And thereat the Lord gavc him sevcn other names; and assigned six receipients thereof, as well as the six wives and sons of the latter. Bhava, Sarva, Isana, Pasupati, Bhima, Ugra, and Mahadeva, — these seven names were mentioned by the Great-father. Ancl tlie holders thereof were respéct- ively the Sun, water, earth, fire, air, ether, the initiated Brahmana, and Soma. And Suvarchala, Uma, Sukesi, Siva, Dik, Dikshá, and Rohini, — are, O best of men, the wives of the Rudras, named the Sun, etc. And Li.aiken (unto me) reciting the names of thcir offspring, whose sons and grandsons have filled the universe. Sanaischara, Suka, Lohilánga, Manojava, Skanda, Swarga, Santána and Budha, — these are rcspectively the sons (of the Eight Forms.) Rudra. formed thus, took to his wife Sati. And through Daksha's ire, Sati renounced her person. And then, b?st of the born ones, she became the daughter of Himavat by name Umá Then the reverend Bhava again marriad Umá, who was his