Vibhu m. Rati | Prithusena m. Âkriti | Nakta m. Riti | Gaya m. Gâyanti | −−−−−+−−−−−−−−−−−−−−+−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−+−−−−−−−−−+−−−−−−− | | | Chitraratha Sugati Abhirodhana m. Urvâ | Samrât m. Utkalâ | Marichi m. Vindumatî | Vindumat m. Saraghâ | Madhu m. Sumanas | Viravrata m. Bhojâ | +−−−−+−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−+ | | Manthu Pramanthu m. Satya | Bhauvava | Tvastri m. Vitochanâ | Viraja m. Vishûchi | +−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−+ | | 100 sons 1 daughter SKANDHA V. TABLE V. PRIYAVRATA. *SKANDHA V. CHAP. 1.* Priyavrata was, from the beginning, under the influence of Nârada. So he declined to take part in the rule of the universe; till at last Brahmâ persuaded him not to shirk his assigned work. King Priyavrata married Barhishmati, the daughter of Visvakarmâ. By her he had ten sons Agnidhra &c., all names of Agni. Of these ten, Kavi, Mahâvira and Savana were spiritually inclined and they became Parama Hansas (Parama Hansa is one who gives up the world entirely and becomes fixed in Brahmâ). Priyavrata had by another wife three sons: Uttama, Tâmasa and Raivata. They all became Manus. Priyavrata reigned for 400,000,000 years. The Sun-god Âditya moves round the Sumeru Mount and sends his rays up to the Loka-loka range, illumining half the regions while the other half remains dark. King Priyavrata in the exuberance of spiritual power determined to illuminate the dark regions and to make it all day and no night. He followed the Sun-god seven times with a chariot as swift and bright as that of the Sun-god himself even as though he were a second Âditya. Brahmâ appeared saying "Desist, O Son, this is not thy assigned duty in the universe." The ruts caused by the wheel of Priyavtata’s chariot are the seven oceans, which gave rise to the seven Dvipas — Jambu, Plaksha, Sâlmali, Kusa Krauncha, Śâka and Pushkara. Of these Dvipas, each succeeding one is twice as large as the one preceding it. The seven oceans respectively consist of: