Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

śaunaka uvāca |
saṃvarṇaśca mahīpālaḥ kasminkāle samāgataḥ |
lomaharṣaṇa me brūhi dvāparasya nṛpāṃstathā || 1 ||
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sūta uvāca |
bhādrasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu trayodaśyāṃ bhṛgau dine |
saṃvarṇo munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ pratiṣṭhāne samāgataḥ || 2 ||
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pratiṣṭhānaṃ kṛtaṃ ramyaṃ pañcayojanamāyatam |
arddhakrośonnataṃ harmyaṃ racitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā || 3 ||
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buddhivaṃśe prasenasya saktāyā bhūpatiḥ kṛtaḥ |
yaduvaṃśe sātvataśca madhurābhūpatiḥ kṛtaḥ || 4 ||
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mlecchavaṃśe śmaśrupālo marudeśasya bhūpatiḥ |
krameṇa varddhitā bhūpāḥ prajābhiḥ sahitā bhuvi || 5 ||
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi saṃvarṇo bhūpatiḥ smṛtaḥ |
tasyātmajo'yamarcājñaḥ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ pitussamam || 6 ||
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tasya putraḥ sūrijāpī piturarddhaṃ ca rājyakṛt |
sūryayajñastasya putraḥ saurayajñaparāyaṇaḥ || 7 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādātithyavardhanaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ dvādaśātmā tu tatsutaḥ || 8 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛta rājyaṃ tasmājjāto divākaraḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmājjātaḥ prabhākaraḥ || 9 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ bhāsvadātmā ca tatsutaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ vivasvajjñastadātmajaḥ || 10 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ haridaśvārcanastataḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvaikartanaḥ sutaḥ || 11 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ stasmādarkeṣṭimānsutaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmānmārtaṃḍavatsalaḥ || 12 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ mihirārthastu tatsutaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādaruṇapoṣaṇaḥ || 13 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmāddyumaṇivatsalaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmāttaraṇiyajñakaḥ || 14 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmānmaitreṣṭivardhanaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ citrabhānūrjakastataḥ || || 15 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvairocanaḥ smṛtaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ haṃsanyāyī tu tatsutaḥ || 16 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvedapravardhanaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmātsāvitra ucyate || 17 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ dhanapālastato'bhavat |
śatahīnaṃ kṛta rājyaṃ mlecchahantā sutaḥ smṛtaḥ || 18 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādānaṃdavarddhanaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ dharmapālasutastataḥ || 19 ||
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śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ brahmabhakta sutastataḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādbrahmeṣṭivarddhanaḥ || 20 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādātmaprapūjakaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ parameṣṭhī sutastataḥ || 21 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmāddhairaṇyavarddhanaḥ |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ dhātṛyājī tu tatsutaḥ || 22 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tadvidhātṛprapūjakaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvai druhiṇaḥ kratuḥ || 23 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvairañcya ucyate |
śatahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tatputraḥ kamalāsanaḥ || 24 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ śamavartī tu tatsutaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājya śrāddhadevastu tatsutaḥ || 25 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvai pitṛvarddhanaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ somadattastu tatsutaḥ || 26 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ saumadattistadātmajaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādvai somavarddhanaḥ || 27 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyamavataṃsaḥ sutastataḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ prataṃsastanayastataḥ || 28 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ parātaṃsastadātmajaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyamayataṃsastato'bhavat || 29 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛta rājyaṃ samātaṃsastu tatsutaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyamanutaṃsastadātmajaḥ || 30 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyamadhitaṃsastato'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyamabhitaṃsastadātmajaḥ || 31 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ samuttaṃsastato'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ taṃsonāma suto'bhavat || 32 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ duṣyaṃtastanayastataḥ |
śakuṃtalāyāṃ tasmācca bharato nāma bhūpatiḥ || 33 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ duṣyaṃtaḥ svargatiṃ gataḥ |
bharatonāma tatputro devapūjana tatparaḥ || 34 ||
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mahāmāyāprabhāvena ṣaṭtriṃśadvarṣajīvanam |
ṣaṭtriṃśābdasahasrāṇi nṛpāyurvarddhitaṃ tathā || 35 ||
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tasya nāmnā smṛtaḥ khaṃḍo bhārato nāma viśrutaḥ |
tena bhūmervibhāgaśca kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ pṛthak ciram || 36 ||
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divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ rājyaṃ tasmājjāto mahābalaḥ |
divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ rājyaṃ bharadvājastato'bhavat || 37 ||
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divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ rājyaṃ tasmādbhavanamanyumān |
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi samā rājyaṃ prakīrtitam || 38 ||
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bṛhatkṣetrastato hyāsītpitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
suhotrastanayastasya pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 39 ||
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vītihotrastasya suto rājyaṃ daśasahasrakam |
yajñahotrastato'pyāsītpitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 40 ||
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śakrahotrastato jātaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
prasanno bhagavāniṃdrastaṃ nṛpaṃ svargamāptavān || 41 ||
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tadāyodhyāpatiḥ śrīmānpratāpeṃdro mahābalaḥ |
bhārataṃ varṣamadadhadvarṣaṃ daśasahasrakam || 42 ||
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maṃḍalīkastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
vijayeṃdrastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 43 ||
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dhanurdīptastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
iṃdrājñayā śakrahotro ghṛtācyā saha bhūtale || 44 ||
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prāptāvānsadhanurdīptaṃ jitvā rājyamacīkarat |
hastīnāma suto jāta airāvatasutaṃ gajam || 45 ||
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āruhya paścime deśe hastinānagarī kṛtā |
daśayojanavistīrṇā svargaṃgāyāstaṭe śubhā || 46 ||
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rājyaṃ daśasahasraṃ ca tatra vāsaṃ cakāra saḥ |
tatputrastvajamīḍhākhyaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 47 ||
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tasmājāto rakṣapālaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
suśamyarṇastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 48 ||
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tasya putraḥ kururnāma piturarddhaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
iṃdrasya varadānena sadehaḥ svargamāgataḥ || 49 ||
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tadā sāttvatavaṃśe'sminvṛṣṇirnāma mahābalaḥ |
mathurāyāṃ sthito rājyaṃ sarvaṃ svavaśamāptavān || 50 ||
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bhagavato varadānena hareradbhutakarmaṇaḥ |
paṃcavarṣasahasraṃ ca sarvaṃ rājyaṃ vaśīkṛtam || 51 ||
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nirāvṛttistasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
daśārī tasya tanayaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 52 ||
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viyāmunastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
jīmūtastasya tanayaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 53 ||
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vikṛtistasya tanayaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tasmājjāto bhīmarathaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 54 ||
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tasmājjāto navarathaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tasmājjāto daśarathaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 55 ||
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tasmājjātaśca śakuniḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tasmājjātaḥ kuśuṃbhaśca pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 56 ||
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tasmājjāto devarathaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
devakṣetrastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 57 ||
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tasya putro madhurnāma pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tato navarathaḥ putraḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 58 ||
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kuruvatsasta sya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tasmādanurathaḥ putraḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 59 ||
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puruhotraḥ sutastasya pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
vicitrāṅgastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 60 ||
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tasmātsātvatavānputraḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
bhajamānastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 61 ||
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vidūrathastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
surabhaktastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 62 ||
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tasmācca sumanāḥ putraḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
tatikṣetrastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 63 ||
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svāyaṃbhuvastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛṃtaṃ padam |
haridīpaka evāsau tasya rājyaṃ pitussa mama || 64 ||
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devamedhāssutastasya pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
surapālastadā jātaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 65 ||
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śakrājñayā kuruścaiva dvāpara tritaye pade |
vyatīte ca sukeśyāssa svarveśyāyāḥ patiḥ prabhuḥ || 66 ||
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āgato bhārate khaṃḍe kurukṣetraṃ tadā kṛtam |
viṃśadyojanavistīrṇaṃ puṇya kṣetraṃ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ || 67 ||
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dvādaśābdasahasraṃ ca kuruṇā rājyasātkṛtam |
tasmājjahnussuto jātaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 68 ||
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tasmācca suratho jātaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
vidūrathastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 69 ||
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sārvabhaumastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
jayasenastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 70 ||
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tasmādarṇava evāsau pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
catussāgaragāmī ca pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 71 ||
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ayutāyustasya suto rājyaṃ daśasahasrakam |
akrodhanastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 72 ||
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tasmādṛkṣassuto jātaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
bhīmasenastasya sutaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam || 73 ||
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dilīpastasya tanayaḥ pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ padam |
pratīpastasya tanayo rājyaṃ paṃcasahasrakam || 74 ||
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śaṃtanustasya putraśca rājyamekasahasrakam |
vicitravīryastatputro rājyaṃ vai dviśataṃ samāḥ || 75 ||
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pāṃḍuśca tanayo yasminrājyaṃ paṃcaśataṃ kṛtam |
yudhiṣṭhirastasya suto rājyaṃ paṃcāśadabdakam || 76 ||
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suyodhanena ṣaṣṭyabdaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tataḥ param |
yudhiṣṭhireṇa nidhanaṃ tasya prāptaṃ kurusthale || 77 ||
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pūrvaṃ devāsure yuddhe ye daityāśca surairhatāḥ |
te sarve śaṃtano rājye janmavaṃtaḥ pratasthire || 78 ||
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lakṣamakṣauhiṇī teṣāṃ tadbhāreṇa vasundharā |
śakrasya śaraṇaṃ prāptāvatāraṃ ca tato hareḥ || 79 ||
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sa śaurervasudevasya devakyāṃ janmanāviśat |
evaṃ kṛṣṇo mahāvīryo rohiṇīnilayaṃ gataḥ || 80 ||
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paṃcatriṃśaduttaraṃ ca śataṃ varṣaṃ ca bhūtale |
uṣitvā kṛṣṇacandraśca tato golokamāgataḥ || 81 ||
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caturthacaraṇānte ca harerjanma smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ |
hastināpuramadhyasyābhimanyostanayastataḥ || 82 ||
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rājyamekasahasraṃ ca tato'bhūjjanamejayaḥ |
trisahasraṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ śatānīkastato'bhavat || 83 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ yajñadattastataḥ sutaḥ |
rājyaṃ paṃcasahasraṃ ca niścakrastanayo'bhavat || 84 ||
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sahasramekaṃ rājyaṃ taduṣṭrapālastato'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmāccitrarathassutaḥ || 85 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ dhṛtimāṃstanayastataḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ suṣeṇastanayo'bhavat || 86 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ sunīthastanayo'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ makhapālaḥ suto'bhavat || 87 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ na cakṣustanayastataḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ sukhavaṃtastato'bhavat || 88 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmātpāriplavassutaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ sunayastatsuto'bhavat || 89 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ medhāvī tatsuto'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmājjāto nṛpaṃjayaḥ || 90 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ mṛdustattanayo'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tigmajyotistu tatsutaḥ || 91 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmājjāto bṛhadrathaḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ vasudānastato'bhavat || 92 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ śatānīkastato'bhavat |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmādudyāna ucyate || 93 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tasmājjāto hyahīnaraḥ |
pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ nirmitrastanayo'bhavat || 94 ||
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pitustulyaṃ kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ kṣemakastatsuto'bhavat |
rājyaṃ tyaktvā sa medhāvī kalāpagrāmamāśritaḥ || 95 ||
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mlecchaiśca maraṇaṃ prāpto yamalokamato gataḥ |
nāradasyopadeśena pradyotastanayastataḥ || 96 ||
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mlecchayajñaḥ kṛtastena mlecchā hananamāgatāḥ || 97 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahāpurāṇe pratisargaparvaṇi caturyugakhaṃḍāparaparyāye dvāparanṛpopākhyāne tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 3

Cover of edition (2022)

Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Publisher: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan; Pages: 2538.

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Cover of edition (2023)

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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