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Origin of the Rudra; his becoming eight Rudras; their wives and children - Verse 7

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 8.7

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Sanskrit Original

चक्रे नामान्य अथैतानि स्थानान्य एषां चकार सः सूर्यो जलं मही वायुर वह्निर आकाशम एव च दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः सोम इत्य एतास तनवः क्रमात ।।

cakre nāmāny athaitāni sthānāny eṣāṃ cakāra saḥ sūryo jalaṃ mahī vāyur vahnir ākāśam eva ca dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ soma ity etās tanavaḥ kramāt ||

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He established names and places for them; the sun, water, earth, wind, fire, and the sky. The initiated Brahmana is called Soma, in this order.