Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) · Chapter 2.1

bhagavan sarvam ākhyātaṃ mamaitad akhilaṃ tvayā
jagataḥ sargasaṃbandhi yat pṛṣṭo 'si guro mayā //

yo 'yam aṃśo jagatsṛṣṭi saṃbandho gaditas tvayā
tatrāhaṃ śrotum icchāmi bhūyo 'pi munisattama //

priyavratottānapādau sutau svāyambhuvasya yau
tayor uttānapādasya dhruvaḥ putras tvayoditaḥ //

priyavratasya naivoktā bhavatā dvija saṃtatiḥ
tām ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi prasanno vaktum arhasi //

kardamasyātmajāṃ kanyām upayeme priyavrataḥ
samrāṭ kukṣiś ca tatkanye daśaputrās tathāpare //

mahāprajñā mahāvīryā vinītā dayitāḥ pituḥ
priyavratasutāḥ khyātās teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //

āgnīdhraś cāgnibāhuś ca vapuṣmān dyutimāṃs tathā
medhā medhātithir bhavyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca //

jyotiṣmān daśamas teṣāṃ satyanāmā suto 'bhavat
priyavratasya putrāṇāṃ prakhyātā balavīryataḥ //

medhāgnibāhuputrās tu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ
jātismarā mahābhāgā na rājyāya mano dadhuḥ //

nirmamāḥ sarvakālaṃ tu samastārtheṣu vai mune
cakruḥ kriyā yathānyāyam aphalākāṅkṣiṇo hi te //

priyavrato dadau teṣāṃ saptānāṃ munisattama
vibhajya sapta dvīpāni maitreya sumahātmanām //

jambūdvīpaṃ mahābhāga so 'gnīdhrāya dadau pitā
medhātithes tathā prādāt plakṣadvīpam athāparam //

śālmale ca vapuṣmantaṃ narendram abhiṣiktavān
jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ //

dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat
śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi bhavyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ //

puṣkarādhipatiṃ cakre savanaṃ cāpi sa prabhuḥ
jambūdvīpeśvaro yas tu āgnīdhro munisattama
tasya putrā babhūvus te prajāpatisamā nava //

nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaś caiva harivarṣa ilāvṛtaḥ
ramyo hiraṇvān ṣaṣṭhas tu kurur bhadrāśva eva ca
ketumālas tathaivānyaḥ sādhuceṣṭo nṛpo 'bhavat //

jambūdvīpavibhāgāṃs tu teṣāṃ vipra niśāmaya
pitrā dattaṃ himāhvaṃ tu varṣaṃ nābhes tu dakṣiṇam //

hemakūṭaṃ tathā varṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya saḥ
tṛtīyaṃ naiṣadhaṃ varṣaṃ harivarṣāya dattavān //

ilāvṛtāya pradadau merur yatra tu madhyame
nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā //

śvetaṃ yad uttaraṃ tasmāt pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate //

yad uttaraṃ śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tat kurave dadau
meroḥ pūrveṇa yad varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya pradattavān //

gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān
ity etāni dadau tebhyaḥ putrebhyaḥ sa nareśvaraḥ //

varṣeṣv eteṣu tān putrān abhiṣicya sa bhūpatiḥ
sālagrāmaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ maitreya tapase yayau //

yāni kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇy aṣṭau mahāmune
teṣāṃ svābhāvikī siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hy ayatnataḥ //

viparyayo na teṣv asti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca
dharmādharmau na teṣv āstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ //

na teṣv asti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣv aṣṭasu sarvadā
himāhvayaṃ tu vai varṣaṃ nābher āsīn mahātmanaḥ
tasyarṣabho 'bhavat putro merudevyāṃ mahādyutiḥ //

ṛṣabhād bharato jajñe jyeṣṭhaḥ putraśatasya saḥ
kṛtvā rājyaṃ svadharmeṇa tatheṣṭvā vividhān makhān //

abhiṣicya sutaṃ vīraṃ bharataṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ
tapase sa mahābhāgaḥ pulahasyāśramaṃ yayau //

vānaprasthavidhānena tatrāpi kṛtaniścayaḥ
tapas tepe yathānyāyam iyāja sa mahīpatiḥ //

tapasā karṣito 'tyarthaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ
nagno vīṭāṃ mukhe dattvā vīrādhvānaṃ tato gataḥ //

tataś ca bhārataṃ varṣam etal lokeṣu gīyate
bharatāya yataḥ pitrā dattaṃ prātiṣṭhatā vanam //

sumatir bharatasyābhūt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
kṛtvā samyag dadau tasmai rājyam iṣṭamakhaḥ pitā //

putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīs tu bharataḥ sa mahīpatiḥ
yogābhyāsarataḥ prāṇān sālagrāme 'tyajan mune //

ajāyata ca vipro 'sau yogināṃ pravare kule
maitreya tasya caritaṃ kathayiṣyāmi te punaḥ //

sumates tejasas tasmād indradyumno vyajāyata
parameṣṭhī tatas tasmāt pratihāras tadanvayaḥ //

pratiharteti vikhyāta utpannas tasya cātmajaḥ
bhuvas tasmād athodgīthaḥ prastāvas tatsuto vibhuḥ //

pṛthus tatas tato nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ
naro gayasya tanayas tatputro 'bhūd virāṭ tataḥ //

tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃs tasmād ajāyata
mahānto 'pi tataś cābhūn manasyus tasya cātmajaḥ //

tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuś ca virajo rajas tasyāpy abhūt sutaḥ
śatajid rajasas tasya jajñe putraśataṃ mune //

viṣvagjyotiḥpradhānās te yair imā vardhitāḥ prajāḥ
tair idaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ navabhedam alaṃkṛtam //

teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtais tu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī purā
kṛtatretādisargeṇa yugākhyā hy ekasaptatiḥ //

eṣa svāyaṃbhuvaḥ sargo yenedaṃ pūritaṃ jagat
vārāhe tu mune kalpe pūrvamanvantarādhipaḥ //