Vishnu Purana · Chapter 4.9
iti śrīviṣṇumāhāpurāṇe caturthāṃśe 'ṣṭamo 'dhyāya (8)
śrīparāśara uvāca
rajostu pañca putraśatānyatulabalaparākramasārāmāyasan
devāsurasaṃgrāmāraṃbhe ca parasparavadhepsavo devāścāsurāś ca brahmaṇāmupetya papracchuḥ
bhagavannasmākamatra virodhe katamaḥ pakṣo jetā bhaviṣyatīti
athāha bhagavān
yeṣāmarthe rajirātmāttāyudho yotsyati tatpakṣojeteti
atha daityair upetya rajirātmasāhāyyadānāyābhyarthitaḥ prāha
yotsyo 'haṃ bhavatāmarthe yadyahamamarajayādbhavatāmindro bhaviṣyāmītyākarṇyaitattair abhihitam
na vayamanyathā vadiṣyāmo 'nyathā kariṣyāmo 'smākamindraḥ prahlādastadarthamevāyamudyama ityuktvā gateṣvasureṣu devair apyasāvavanipatirevamevoktastenāpi ca tathaivokte devair indrastvaṃ bhaviṣyasīti samanvicchitam
rajināpi devasainyasahāyenānekair mahāstrais tadaśeṣamahāsurabalaṃ niṣūditam
atha jitāripakṣaś ca devendro rajicaramayugalamātmanaḥ śirasā nipīḍyāha
bhayatrāṇādannadānādbhavānasmatpitāseṣalokānāmuttamottamo bhavān yasyāhaṃ putrastrilokendraḥ
sa cāpi rājā prahasyāha
evamastvevamastvanatikramaṇīyāhi vairikṣādapyanekavidhacāṭuvākyagārbhā praṇatirityuktvā svapuraṃ jagāma
śatakraturapīndratvaṃ cakāra
svaryāte tu rajau nāradarṣicoditā rajiputrāḥ śatakratumātmapitṛputraṃ samācārādrājyaṃ yācitavantaḥ
apradānena ca vijityendramatibalinaḥ svayamindratvaṃ cakruḥ
tataś ca bahutithe kāle hyatīte bṛhaspatimekānte dṛṣṭvā apahṛtatrailokyayajñabhāgaḥ śatakraturuvāca
badarīphalamātramapyarhasi mamāpyāyanāya puroḍāśakhaṇḍaṃ dātumityukto bṛhaspatiruvāca
yadyevantvayāhaṃ pūrvameva coditaḥsyāṃ tanmayā tvadarthaṃ kimakartavyamatyilpair evāhobhistvāṃ nijaṃ padaṃ prapayiṣyāmītyabhidhāya teṣāmanudinamābhicārakaṃ buddhimohāya śakrasya tejobhivṛddhaye juhāva
te cāpi tena buddhimohenābhibhūyamānā brahmadviṣo dharmatyāgino vedavādaparāṅmukhābabhuvūḥ
tatastānapetadharmācāranindro jaghāna
purohitāpyāyitatejāś ca śakro divamākramat
etadindrasya svapadacyavanādārohaṇaṃ śrutvā puruṣaḥ svapadabhraṃśaṃ daurātmayaṃ ca nāpnoti
raṃbhastvapattyo 'bhavat
kṣatravṛddhasutaḥ pratikṣatro 'bhavat
tatputraḥ saṃjayaḥ tasyāpi jayaḥ tasyāpi vijayaḥ tasmācca jajñe kṛtaḥ
tasya ca haryadhanaḥ haryadhanasutaḥsahadevaḥ tasmādadīnastasya jayatseya jayatsenaḥ tataś ca saṃkṛtiḥ tatputraḥ kṣatradharmā ityete kṣatravṛddhasya vaṃśyāḥ
tato nahuṣavaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi
Original text: Viṣṇupurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press 1910 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0