Incarnations of Śiva - Verse 24
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 24.24
Sanskrit Original
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सुहोत्रो नाम नामतः। तत्रापि मम ते पुत्राश चत्वारो ऽपि तपोधनाः।।
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi suhotro nāma nāmataḥ| tatrāpi mama te putrāś catvāro 'pi tapodhanāḥ||
Sūta said: Dundhubhi, Śatarūpa, Ṛcīka and Ketumān. After attaining yoga and meditation and after establishing the Brahma[4] on the earth they will attain the region and companionship of Rudra. In the third age, Dvāpara, Bhārgava will be the Vyāsa. Then, at the end of Dvāpara I will be born as Damana. There too four boys will be born to me, namely, Vikeśa, Vikośa, Vipāśa and Śāpanāśana. These four of great prowess will go to the world of Rudra through the same yogic path and will never return. In the fourth Dvāpara yuga, Aṅgiras will become Vyāsa. At that time I shall be born by the name Suhotra. There too, four ascetics will be born as my sons.