Shloka 18
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
Sanskrit
चक्रं विष्णोर्वसूनाञ्च शङ्कवो 'थ सुदारुणाः ।
पावकस्य तथा शक्तिः शिबिका धनदस्य च ॥
Transliteration
cakraṃ viṣṇor vasūnāṃ ca śaṅkavo 'tha su-dāruṇāḥ | pāvakasya tathā śaktiḥ śibikā dhanadasya ca ||
Translation
Untuk Viṣṇu dibuat cakra, dan bagi para Vasu dibuat tombak-tombak tajam; demikian pula senjata śakti bagi Pāvaka (Agni), serta tandu bagi Dhanada (Kubera).
Speakers
Markandeya (narrator)
Primary Deities
ViṣṇuVasusAgni (Pāvaka)Kubera (Dhanada)
Key ThemesDivine weaponsIconographyTejas distributionMythic etiologies