Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.14

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde kālasadbhāvavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśoṃ'dhyāya
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athāntareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha /
tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve jāyante nāmarūpataḥ

devāścāṣṭavidhā ye ca tasminmamvantare 'dhipāḥ /
ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyaprayojanāḥ

maharṣisargaḥ saṃkrānto vaṃśaṃ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu /
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kīrtya mānaṃ nibodhata

manoḥ svāyaṃbhūvasyāsan daśa pautrāstu tatsamāḥ /
yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā

sasamudrā karavatī prativarṣaṃ niveśitā /
svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvamādye tretāyuge tathā

priyavratasya putraistaiḥ pautraiḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu /
prajā sattvatapoyuktaistairiyaṃ viniveśitā

priyavratātprajopetān vīrānkāmyānvyajāyata /
kanyā sā tu mahābhāga kardamasya prajā pateḥ

kanye dve daśa putrāśca samrāṭ kukṣiśca te śubhe /
tayorvai bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ prajāpatisamā daśa

āgnīdhraścāgnibā huśca medhā medhātithirvasuḥ /
jyotiṣmān dyutimānhavyaḥ savanaḥ sabhra eva ca

priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcattānsaptasaptasu pārthivān /
dvīpeṣu teṣu dharmeṇa dvīpāntāśca nibodhata

jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ cakre āgnīdhraṃ sumahābalam /
plakṣadvīpeśvaraścāpi tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ

śālmale tu vapuṣmantaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhiṣiktavān /
jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ

dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ kraiñcadvīpe 'bhyaṣecayat /
śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi havyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ

puṣkarādhipatiṃ caiva savanaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ /
puṣkare savanasyātha mahāvītaḥ suto 'bhavat

dhātakiścāpi dvāvetau putrau putravatā varau /
mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā mahātmanaḥ

nāmnā ca dhātakeścāpi dhātakīkhaṇḍa ucyate /
havyo vyajanayatputrāñ śākadvīpeśvarāñ prabhuḥ

jaladaṃ ca kumāraṃ ca sukumāraṃ maṇīvakam /
kusumottaramodākau saptamaṃ ca mahādrugam

jaladaṃ jaladasyātha prathamaṃ varṣamucyate /
kumārasya tu kaumāraṃ dvitīyaṃ parikīrtitam

sukumāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sukumārasya tatssatam /
maṇīvasya caturthaṃ tu maṇīvakamihocyate

kusumottaravarṣaṃ yatpañcamaṃ kusumottaram /
modakasyāpi modākaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prakīrttitam

mahādrumasya nāmnā ca saptamaṃ tanmahādrumam /
teṣāṃ tu nāmabhistāni sapta varṣāṇi tatra vai

kraiñcadvīpeśvarasyāpi putro dyutimatastu vai /
kuśalo manonugaschoṣṇaḥ pāvanaścāndhakārakaḥ

muniśca dundubhiścaiva sutā dyutimatastu vai /
teṣāṃ svanāmabhirdeśāḥ kraiñcadvīpāśrayāḥ śubhāḥ

kuśalasya tu deśo 'bhūta kauśalo nāma viśrutaḥ /
deśo manonugasyāpi mānonuge ite smṛtaḥ

uṣṇasyoṣṇaḥ smṛto deśaḥ pāvanasyāpi pāvanaḥ /
andhakārasya deśastu āndhakāraḥ prakīrttitaḥ

muneśca maunideśo vai dundubherdundubhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
ete janapadāḥ sapta kraiñcadvīpe tu bhāsvarāḥ

jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe saptaivāsanmahaujasaḥ /
udbhijjo veṇumāṃścaiva vairatho lavaṇo dhṛtiḥ

ṣaṣṭhaḥ prabhākaraścā pi saptamaḥ kapilaḥ smṛtaḥ /
udbhijjaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam

tṛtīyaṃ vai rathākāraṃ caturthaṃ lavaṇaṃ smṛtam /
pañcamaṃ dhṛtimadvarṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram

saptamaṃ kapilaṃ nāma kapilasya prakīrttitam /
teṣāṃ deśāḥ kaśadvīpe tatsanāmāna eva ca

āśramācārayuktābhiḥ prajābhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ /
śālmalasyeśvarāḥ sapta sutāste ca vapuṣmataḥ

śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā /
vaidyuto mānasaścāpi suprabhaḥ saptamastathā

śvetastu deśaḥ śvetasya haritasya suhāritaḥ /
jīmūtasyāpi jīmūto rohitasyāpi rohitaḥ

vaidyuto vaidyutasyāpi mānasasya tu mānasaḥ /
suprabhaḥ suprabhasyāpi saptaite deśapālakāḥ

plakṣa dvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpādanantaram /
sapta medhātithe putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarā nṛpāḥ

jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayo nāma dvitīyaḥ śiśiraḥ smṛtaḥ /
sukhodayastṛtīyastu caturtho nanda ucyate

śivastu pecamasteṣāṃ kṣemakaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate /
dhruvastu saptamo jñeyaḥ putrā medhātitheḥ smṛtāḥ

saptānāṃ nāmabhisteṣāṃ tāni varṣāṇi sapta vai /
tasmācchāntabhayaṃ caiva śiśiraṃ ca sukhodayam

ānandaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva kṣemakaṃ ca dhruvaṃ tathā /
tāni teṣāṃ samānāni sapta varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ

niveśitāni taistāni pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhūventare /
medhā tithestu putraistaiḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarairnṛbaiḥ

varṇāśramācārayuktāḥ plakṣadvīpe prajāḥ kṛtāḥ /
plakṣadvīpādiṣu tveṣu śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai

jñeyaḥ pañcasu dharmo vai varṇāśramavibhājakaḥ /
sukhamāyuśca rūpaṃ ca balaṃ dharmaśca nityaśaḥ

pañcasveteṣu dvīpeṣu sarvasādhā raṇaṃ smṛtam /
prakṣadvīpaḥ pariṣkrānto jaṃbūdvīpaṃ nibodhata

āgnīdhraṃ jyeṣṭhadāyādaṃ kāmyāputraṃ mahābalam /
priyavrato 'bhya ṣiñcattaṃ jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ nṛpam

tasya putrā babhūvurhi prajāpatisamā nava /
jyeṣṭho nābhiriti khyātastasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ

harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho 'bhūdilāvṛtaḥ /
ramyastu pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇvān ṣaṣṭha ucyate

kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvaścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ /
navamaḥ ketumālaśca teṣāṃ deśānnibodhata

nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ himākhyaṃ tu pitā dadau /
hemakūṭaṃ tu yadvarṣaṃ dadau kipuruṣāya tat

naiṣadhaṃ yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ harivarṣāya taṃ dadau /
madhyamaṃ yatsumerostu dadau sa tadilāvṛtam

nīlaṃ tu yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāyaitaptitā dadau /
śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ tasmātpitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate

yaduttare śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tatkurave dadau /
sālyavantaṃ tathā varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya nyavedayat

gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumāle nyavedayat /
ityetāni mayoktāni nava varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ

āgnī dhrasteṣu varṣeṣu putrāṃstānabhyaṣecayat /
yathākramaṃ sa dharmātmā tatastu tapasi sthitaḥ

ityetauḥ saptabhiḥ kṛtsnā saptadvīpā nive śitāḥ /
priyavratasya putraistaiḥ pautaiḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya ca

evaṃ varṣeṣu sarveṣu sanniveśāḥ punaḥ punaḥ /
kriyante pralaye vṛtte sapta saptasu pārthivaiḥ

evaṃ svabhāvaḥ kalpānāṃ dvīpānāṃ ca niveśane /
yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṇāṇyaṣṭau śrutāni tu

teṣāṃ svabhāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyamayatnataḥ /
viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca

dharmādharmauṃ na teṣvāstā nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ /
na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭāsu sarvaśaḥ

nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāhve 'sminnibodhata /
nābhistvaja nayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahādyutim

ṛṣabhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvakṣatrasya pūrvajam /
ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ

sobhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ mahāpravrajyayā sthitaḥ /
himāhvaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya nyavedayat

tasmāttu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā vidurbudhāḥ /
bharatasyātmajo vidvānsumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ

babhūva tasmin rājye taṃbharatastvabhyaṣecayat /
putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīstu vanaṃ rājā viveśa saḥ

tejasastatsutaścāpi prajāpatiramitrajit /
tejasasyātmajo vidvānindradyumna iti smṛtaḥ

parameṣṭhī sutaścāpi nidhane tasya cāpyabhūt /
pratīhāraḥ kulaṃ tasya nāmnā jajñe tadanvayaḥ

pratiharteti vikhyāto jajñe tasyāpi dhīmataḥ /
unnetā pratihartustu bhūmā tasya sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

udgīthastasya putro 'bhūtaprastāviścāpi tatsutaḥ /
prastāvestu vibhuḥ putraḥ pṛthustasya suto 'bhavat

pṛthoścāpi suto nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ /
gayasyāpi naraḥ putro narasyāpi suto virāṭ

virāṭsuto mahāvīryo dhīmāṃstasya suto 'bhavat /
dhīmataśca mahānputro mahataścāpi bhauvanaḥ

bhauvanasya satastvaṣṭā virajāstasya cātmajaḥ /
rajā virajasaḥ putraḥ śatajidrajasastathā

tasya putraśataṃ tvāsīdrājānaḥ sarva eva tu /
viśvajyotiṣpradhānāste yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ

tairidaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ saptadvīpamihāṅkitam /
teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtaistu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī purā

kṛtatretādiyuktāstu yugākhyā hyekasaptatiḥ /
ye 'tītāstairyugaiḥ sārdhaṃ rājānaste tadanvayāḥ

svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /
evaṃ svāyaṃ bhuvaḥ sargo yenedaṃ pūritaṃ jagat

ṛṣibhirdaivataiścāpi pirtṛgandhavarākṣasaiḥ /
yakṣabhūtapiśācaiśca manuṣyamṛgapakṣibhiḥ /
teṣāṃ sṛṣṭiriyaṃ proktā yugaiḥ saha vivarttate