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THE S膧KTA UPAPUR膧峁咥S 373 Consequently, the contents of the Bhavi峁�yottara are
as follows.
Chap. 2 (verses 7ff.)-Unity of the three gods-Brahm膩,
Vis峁噓 and Siva, who are distinguished from one another
only due to their different names and functions.29 The
four P膩das (viz., Prakriy膩, Anu峁�anga, Upodgh膩ta and
Upasamh膩ra) and the five characteristics (viz., sarga, prati-
sarga, etc.) of the Pur膩峁嘺s. Description of the origin of the
world mostly according to the principles of S膩mkhya philo-
sophy, and Aditya's appearance in it as Prajapati, Vi峁ａ箛u
and Rudra under the influence of the three gun峁嘺s; origin of
the nine Brahm膩s (Marici, Atri, Angiras and others) as well
as of Dak峁�a and Pras奴ti from Prajapati; Dak峁�a's sons and
sixty daughters. The temples of Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u and Siva
on the three peaks of the mountain Meru; the kula-parvatas
of Jambu-dvipa; the names of the seven dvipas and of the
seven oceans surrounding them; the names of the fourteen
lokas (worlds) and the residents of these lokas. The names
of different Manus. The gods in the Vaivasvata Manvan-
tara. The four kinds of dissolution (laya).
Chap. 3.-Description of the nature of Vi峁ａ箛u-m膩y膩
which deludes the world, and K峁涐梗峁嘺's narration, in this
connection, of the story of Vi峁ａ箛u's assumption of the form
of a Brahmin named Yaj帽a艣arm膩, his coming down, with
N膩rada, to the city of Vaidi艣a on the Vetravati, where he
blessed a resourceful Vai艣ya farmer named Sirabhadra
with a long and prosperous life and a large number of sons,
grandsons and great-grandsons, his meeting, in the village
Ve峁噄k膩 on the Bhagirathi, with a poor but highly hospitable
Brahmin agriculturist named Gosv膩min, who was tired
out by the work of cultivation and pressed hard by a 鈥榤ethi鈥�
(a post for binding cattle with) and other agricultural
implements and whom he blessed to be relieved of his
farming, because, he said, a ploughman acquires in a day
the same amount of sin as that earned by a fisherman in
* brahm膩 vi峁ａ箛ur v峁涐梗膩峁僰a艣 ca trayo dev膩岣� sat膩m mat膩岣� /
n膩ma-bhedai岣� kriy膩-bhedair bhidyante n膩tman膩 svayam //
Bhav. IV. 2. 9b-10a.