Incarnations of Śiva - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 24.18
Sanskrit Original
भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन शिष्यानुग्रहकाम्यया। तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या नामतः परिकीर्तिताः।।
bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin śiṣyānugrahakāmyayā| tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā nāmataḥ parikīrtitāḥ||
Sūta said: Then my disciples will be four noble brahmins, the masters of the Vedas and having tufts. They will be Śveta, Śvetaśikha, Śvetāsya and Śvetalohita. After attaining Brahman’s goal, they will approach me and will be devoted to the path of meditation and yoga. O Brahmā, in the second Dvāpara age lord Prajāpati will become Vyāsa, known as Sadya. Then, in the Kali age, I will be born by the name Sutāra for the welfare of the world, with a desire for blessing the disciples. My disciples then will be known by these names: