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Various Creations (sṛṣṭi-vistāra) - Verse 208

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 70.208

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Sanskrit Original

सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकामेव ततो ऽन्यां सो ऽभ्यमन्यत। पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पुत्रांस्तान्ध्यायतः प्रभोः।।

sattvamātrātmikāmeva tato 'nyāṃ so 'bhyamanyata| pitṛvanmanyamānasya putrāṃstāndhyāyataḥ prabhoḥ||

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Sūta said: Then he took up another body characterized by the quality of goodness. The lord considered himself like a father meditating on sons. Hence, the Pitṛs were born in between the night and day from his two sides. Hence, Devas are the Pitṛs and their state of being Pitṛs is due to that. He cast off that body too. That body cast off by him, immediately became the Twilight.