Vayu Purana · Chapter 3

sūta uvāca//
saptame tvatha paryāye manorvaivasvatasya ha/
mārīcātkaśyapāddevā jajñire paramarṣayaḥ

ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve marudgaṇāḥ/
bhṛgavo'ṅgirasaścaiva hyaṣṭau devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

ādityā maruto rudrā vijñeyāḥ kaśyapātmajāḥ/
sādhyāśca vasavo viśve dharmaputrāstrayo gaṇāḥ

bhṛgostu bhārgavo devo hyaṅgiro'ṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ /
vaivasvate'ntere hyasmin nityaṃ te chandajāḥ surāḥ

eṣa sargastu mārīco vijñeyaḥ sāmprataḥ śubhaḥ/
tejasvī sāmpratasteṣāmindro nāmnā mahābalaḥ

atītānāgatā ye ca varttante ye ca sāmpratam/
sarve manvantarendrāstu vijñeyāstulyalakṣaṇāḥ

bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ /
maghavantaśca te sarve śrṛṅgiṇo vajrapāṇayaḥ/
sarvaiḥ kratuśateneṣṭaṃ pṛthak śataguṇena tu

trailokye yāni sattvāni gatimantyabalāni ca/
abhibhūyāvatiṣṭhante dharmādyaiḥ kāraṇairapi

tejasā tapasā buddhyā balaśrutaparākramaiḥ/
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthā yathā te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ/
etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi bruvato menibodhata

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ tat smṛtaṃ lokatrayaṃ dvijaiḥ/
bhūrloko'yaṃ smṛto bhūmirantarikṣaṃ bhuvaṃ smṛtam /
bhavyaṃ smṛtaṃ divaṃ hyetatteṣāṃ vakṣyāmi sādhanam

dhyāyatā putrakāmena brahmaṇāgre vibhāṣitam/
bhūriti vyāhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūrloko'yamabhūttadā

bhūte'smin bhavadityuktaṃ dvitīyaṃ brahmaṇā punaḥ/
bhavatvāddarśanatvācca bhūrloko'yamabhūttataḥ/
ato'yaṃ prathamo loko bhūtatvādbhūrdvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ

bhūte'smin bhavadityuktaṃ dvitīyaṃ brahmaṇā punaḥ/
bhavatyutpadyamānena kālaśabdo'yamucyate

bhavanāttu bhuvarloko niruktajñairnirucyate/
antarikṣaṃ bhuvastasmād dvitīyo loka ucyate

utpanne tu bhuvarloke tṛtīyaṃ brahmaṇā punaḥ /
bhavyeti vyāhṛtaṃ yasmādbhavyo lokastadā'bhavat

anāgate bhavya iti śabda eṣa vibhāvyate/
tasmādbhavyo hyasau loko nāmatastu divaṃ smṛtam

svarityuktaṃ tṛtīyo'nyo bhāvyo lokastadābhavat/
bhāvya ityeṣa dhāturvai bhāvye kāle vibhāvyate

bhūritīyaṃ smṛtā bhūmirantarikṣaṃ bhuvaṃ smṛtam/
divaṃ smṛtaṃ tathā bhāvyaṃ trailokyasyaiṣa saṃgrahaḥ

trailokyayuktairvyāhāraistisro vyāhṛtayo'bhavan/
nātha ityeṣa dhāturvai dhātujñaiḥ pālane smṛtaḥ

yasmādbhūtasya lokasya bhavyasya bhavatastadā/
lokatrayasya nāthāste tasmādindrā dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ

pradhānabhūtā devendrā guṇa bhūtāstathaiva ca/
manvantareṣu ye devā yajñabhājo bhavanti hi

yakṣagandharvarakṣāṃsi piśācoragadānavāḥ/
mahimānaḥ smṛtā hyete devandrāṇāntu sarvaśaḥ

devendrā guravo nāthā rājānaḥ pitaro hi te /
rakṣantīmāḥ prajāḥ sarvā dharmeṇeha surottamāḥ

ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ devendrāṇāṃ samāsataḥ/
saptarṣīn sampravakṣyāmi sāmprataṃ ye divi sthitāḥ

gādhijaḥ kauśiko dhīmān viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ/
bhārgavo jamadagniśca ūruputraḥ pratāpavān

bṛhaspatisutaścāpi bhāradvājo mahātapāḥ/
autathyo gautamo vidvāñcharadvānnāma dhārmikaḥ

svāyambhuvo'trirbhagavān brahmako śastu pañcamaḥ/
ṣaṣṭho vāsiṣṭhaputrastu vasumān lokaviśrutaḥ

vatsāraḥ kāśyapaścaiva saptaite sādhusammatāḥ/
ete saptarṣayaḥ siddhā varttante sāmprate'ntare

ikṣvākuścaiva nābhāgo dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireva ca/
nariṣyantaśca vikhyāto nābha uddiṣṭa eva ca

karuṣaśca pṛṣadhraśca vasumānnavamaḥ smṛtaḥ/
manorvaivastasyaite nava putrāḥ prakīrttitāḥ /
kīrttitā vai mayā hyete saptamañcaitadantaram

ityeṣa vai mayā pādo dvitīyaḥ kathito dvijāḥ/
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmyaham

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte vaivasvatasargavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ