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Shiva Purana

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शिष्यैः साहाय्यं व्यासस्य करिष्ये चतुरानन ॥ निवृत्तिमार्गं सुदृढं वर्त्तयिष्ये कलाविह ॥१६॥

O four-faced deity, I will help Vyāsa and will propagate firmly the path of renunciation in the Kali age.

english translation

चतुर्थे द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासोंऽगिराः स्मृतः ॥ तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सुहोत्रो नाम नामतः ॥१७॥

In the fourth aeon of Dvāpara in the age of Aṅgiras Vyāsa, I shall be born as Suhotra.

english translation

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्राश्चत्वारो योगसाधकाः ॥ भविष्यंति महात्मानस्तन्नामानि ब्रुवे विधे॥१८॥

There also four sons will be born of me all aspiring after the Yogic path and noble-souled. O Brahmā, I shall mention their names.

english translation

सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चैव दुदर्भो दुरतिक्रमः ॥ शिष्यैः साहाय्यं व्यासस्य करिष्येऽहं तदा विधे ॥ १९ ॥

They are Sumukha, Durmukha, Durdarbha and Duratikrama. O Brahmā, I shall then render help to Vyāsa through the disciples.

english translation

पञ्चमे द्वापरे चैव व्यासस्तु सविता स्मृतः ॥ तदा योगी भविष्यामि कंको नाम महातपाः ॥ २०॥

In the fifth aeon of Dvāpara there will be Savitṛ Vyāsa. I shall be born as a Yogin of great penance and called Kaṅka.

english translation