The Nativity of Soma and Saumya - Verse 1
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 65 · Verse 1
Sanskrit Original
एति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीये उपोद्धातपादे निमिवंशानुकीर्तनं नाम चतुःषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः।। 64।। पिता सोमस्य वै विप्रा जज्ञे ऽत्रिर्भगवानृषिः। तत्रात्रिः सर्वलोकानां तस्थौ स्वेनौजसा वृतः।।
eti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde nimivaṃśānukīrtanaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ|| 64|| pitā somasya vai viprā jajñe 'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ| tatrātriḥ sarvalokānāṃ tasthau svenaujasā vṛtaḥ||
Sūta said:: The lordly sage Atri became the father of the moon, O Brāhmaṇas. He stayed steady surrounded by his own brilliance. He performed only auspicious things, mentally, verbally and physically. He stood steady like wood, a wall or a piece of rock with his arms raised. He possessed excessive refulgence. We have heard that formerly for a period of three thousand years according to the reckoning of gods, he performed a penance that was very difficult to be performed by the worlds.