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Description of the Lunar Race^ - Verse 46

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 46

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Sanskrit Original

उर्वश्यां च महावीर्याः सप्त देवसुतोपमाः। कन्या जगृहिरे सर्वा जन्धर्वदयिता द्विजाः।।

urvaśyāṃ ca mahāvīryāḥ sapta devasutopamāḥ| kanyā jagṛhire sarvā jandharvadayitā dvijāḥ||

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All these are the deities of householders. The Brahman shall be the deity of Brahmacarins (religious students under the vow of celibacy). The deity of Vaikhdnasas (recluses) shall be Arka (the sun-god) and the deity of ascetics {Sannyasins) shall be Mahesvara.