Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.12

vistareṇānupūrvyācca agnervakṣyāmyataḥ param /
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde ṛṣisargavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
yo 'sāvagne rabhimānī smṛtaḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare /
brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putrastasmātsvāhā vyajāyata

pāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciragniśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nirmathyaḥ pavamānastu vaidyutaḥ pāvakaḥ smṛtaḥ

śuciḥ saurastu vijñeyaḥ svāhāputrāstu te trayaḥ /
nirmathyaḥ pavamānastu śuciḥ saurastu yaḥ smṛtaḥ

abyonirvaidyutaścaiva teṣāṃ sthānāni tāni vai /
pavamānātmajaścaiva kavyavāhana ucyate

pāvakiḥ saharakṣastu havyavāhaḥ śuceḥ sutaḥ /
devānāṃ havyavāho 'gniḥ pitṝṇāṃ kavyavāhanaḥ

saha rakṣo 'surāṇāṃ tu trayāṇāṃ tu trayo 'gnayaḥ /
eteṣāṃ putrapautrāstu catvāriṃśanna vaiva tu

vakṣyāmi nāmabhisteṣāṃ pravibhāgaṃ pṛthakpṛthak /
viśrupto laukiko 'gnistu prathamo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

brahmo dattāgnisa tputro bharato nāma viśrutaḥ /
vaiśvānaraḥ sutastasya vahan havyaṃ samāḥ śatam

saṃbhṛto 'tharvaṇā pūrvamedhitiḥ puṣkarodadhau /
sotharvā laukiko 'gnistu darpahātharvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

atharvā tu bhṛgurjajñe hyagnirātharvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tasmātsa laukiko 'gnistu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo mataḥ

ātharvaḥ pavamānastu nirmathyaḥ kavibhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
sa jñeyo gārhapatyo 'gnistasya putradvayaṃ smṛtam

śaṃsyastvāha vanīyo 'gneḥ smṛto yo havyavāhanaḥ /
dvitīyastu sutaḥ proktaḥ śuko 'gniryaḥ praṇīyate

tathā savyāpasavyau ca śaṃsyasyāgneḥ sutāvubhau /
śaṃsyastu ṣoḍaśa nadīścakame havyavāhanaḥ

yo sāvāhavanīyo 'gnirabhimānī dvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ /
kāverīṃ kṛṣṇaveṇāṃ ca narmadāṃ yamunāṃ tathā

godāvarīṃ vitastāṃ ca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm /
vipāśāṃ kauśikīñcaiva śatadrūṃ sarayūṃ tathā

sītāṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva hrādinīṃ pāvanīntathā /
tāsu ṣoḍaśadhāmānaṃ pravibhajya pṛthakpṛthak

ātmānaṃ vyadadhāttāsu dhiṣṇīṣvatha babhūva saḥ /
kṛttikācāriṇī dhiṣṇī jajñire tāśca dhiṣṇayaḥ

dhiṣṇīṣu jajñire yasmād dhiṣṇayastena kīrttitāḥ /
ityete vai nadīputrā dhiṣṇīṣvevaṃ vijajñire

teṣāṃ viharaṇīyā ye upastheyāśca ye 'gnayaḥ /
tāñśṛṇudhvaṃ samāsena kīrtyamānānyathātatham

vibhuḥ pravāhaṇo gnīdhrastatrasthā dhiṣṇayo 'pare /
vidhīyante yathāsthānaṃ sūtyāhe savane kramāt

anuddeśya nivāsyānāmagnīnāṃ śṛṇuta kramam /
samrāḍagni kṛśānuryo dvitīyoṃ'taravedikaḥ

samrāḍagnamukhānaṣṭau upatiṣṭhanti tān dvijān /
pariṣatpavamānastu dvitīya so 'nudiśyate

pratalkānyo nabhonāma catvaresau vibhāvyate /
havyastato hyasaṃmṛṣṭaḥ śāmitre 'gnau vibhāvyate

ṛtudhāmā ca sujyotirauduṃbaryaḥ prakīrtyate /
viśvavyacāḥ samudro 'gnirbrahmasthāne sa kīrtyate

brahmajyotirvasurdhāmā brahmasthāne sa ucyate /
acaukapādupastho yaḥ sa vai śālāsukhīyakaḥ

anuheśyo hyahirbudhnyo so 'grirgṛhapatiḥ smṛtaḥ /
śaṃsyasyaite sutāḥ sarve upastheyā dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ

tato viharaṇīyāṃśca vakṣyāmyaṣṭau ca tatsutān /
vibhuḥ pravāhaṇo 'gnīdhrasteṣāṃ dhiṣṇyastathā pare

vidhīyante yathāsthānaṃ sautye 'hni savane kramāt /
hotrīyastu smṛte hyagnirvahniryo havyavāhanaḥ

praśānto 'gniḥ pracetāstu dvitīyaścātra nāmakaḥ /
tato 'gnirvaiśvadevastu brāhmaṇācchaṃsirucyate

uśigagniḥ kaviryastu poto 'gniḥ sa vibhāvyate /
āvāriragnirvābhārirvaiṣṭhīyaḥ sa vibhāvyate

avasphūrjo vivasvāṃstu āsthāṃścaiva sa ucyate /
aṣṭamaḥ sudhyuragniryomārjālīyaḥ sa ucyante

dhiṣṇyāvāharaṇā hyete sautyehnījyanta vai dvijaiḥ /
apāṃ yoniḥ smṛto 'sau sa hyapsunāmā vibhāvyate

tato yaḥ pāvako nāmnā abjo yo garbha ucyate /
agniḥ so 'vabhṛthe jñeyo varuṇena sahejyate

tdṛcchayastatsuto hyagnirjaṭhare yo nṛṇāṃ pacan /
mṛtyumāñ jāṭharasyāgnervidvānāgniḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

parasparotthitaḥ so 'gnirbhūtānīha vinirdahet /
putrastvagnermanyumato ghoraḥ saṃvartakaḥ smṛtaḥ

pibannavaḥ sa vasati samudre vaḍavāmukhaḥ /
samudravāsinaḥ putraḥ sāharakṣo vibhāvyate

saharakṣasutaḥ kṣāmo gṛhāṇāṃ dahate nṛṇām /
kravyādagniḥ sutastasya puruṣānatti yo mṛtān

ityete pāvakasyāgneḥ putrā eva prakīrttitāḥ /
tataḥ śucistu vai sauro gandharvairāyurāhutaḥ

mathito yastvaraṇyāṃ ca so 'gniragniṃ samindhati /
āyurnāmnā tu bhagavānasau yastu praṇīyate

āyuṣo mahiṣaḥ putraḥ sahaso nāma tatsutaḥ /
pākayajñeṣvabhīmānī sognistu sahasaḥ smṛtaḥ

putraśca sahasasyāgneradbhutaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ /
vividhiścādbhutasyāpi putro 'gnestumāhānsmṛtaḥ

prāyaścitteṣvabhīmānī hutaṃ bhuṅkte haviḥ sadā /
vividhestu suto hyarkka stasya cāgneḥ sutā ime

anīkavān vājasṛk ca rakṣohā caṣṭikṛttathā /
surabhirvasurannādo praviṣṭo yaḥ sa rukamarāṭ

śuceragneḥ prajā hyeṣā vahnayaśca caturddaśa /
ityete cāgnayaḥ proktāḥ praṇīyantedhvareṣu vai

ādisarge vyatītā vai yāmaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ /
svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrvamagnayastebhimāninaḥ

ete viharaṇīyeṣu cetanācetaneṣu vai /
sthānābhimānino loke prāgāsanhavyavāhanāḥ

kāmyanai mittikā yajñeṣvete karmasvavasthitāḥ /
pūrvamanvataṃre 'tītāḥ śukairyāgaiśca taiḥ saha

devairmahātmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ prathamasyāntare manoḥ /
ityetāni majoktāni sthānāni sthāninaśca ha

taireva tu prasaṃkhyātamatītānāgateṣviha /
sanvantareṣu sarveṣu lakṣaṇaṃ jātavedasām

sarve tapasvino hyete sarve brahmabhṛtastathā /
prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve jyotiṣmantaśca te smṛtāḥ

svārociṣādiṣu jñeyāḥ sāvarṇyaṃ teṣu saptasu /
manvantareṣu sarveṣu nāmarūpaprayojanaiḥ

varttante varttamānaiśca yāmaidevaiḥ sahāgnayaḥ /
anāgataiḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ vartsyante 'nāgatāgnayaḥ

ityeṣa nicayo 'gnīnāmanukrānto yathākramam /
vistareṇānupurvyā ca pitṝṇāṃ vakṣyate punaḥ