Shiva Purana

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तेषां पुरस्तादभवन्नार्य्यावर्ते नृपा द्विजाः॥ तेषां विकुक्षिर्ज्येष्ठस्तु सोऽयोध्यायां नृपोऽभवत्॥ २॥

sanskrit

Before them O brahmins, there were no kings in Āryāvarta. Of them the eldest was Vikukṣi. He became the king of Ayodhyā.

english translation

teSAM purastAdabhavannAryyAvarte nRpA dvijAH॥ teSAM vikukSirjyeSThastu so'yodhyAyAM nRpo'bhavat॥ 2॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/37/2

तेषां पुरस्तादभवन्नार्य्यावर्ते नृपा द्विजाः॥ तेषां विकुक्षिर्ज्येष्ठस्तु सोऽयोध्यायां नृपोऽभवत्॥ २॥

sanskrit

Before them O brahmins, there were no kings in Āryāvarta. Of them the eldest was Vikukṣi. He became the king of Ayodhyā.

english translation

teSAM purastAdabhavannAryyAvarte nRpA dvijAH॥ teSAM vikukSirjyeSThastu so'yodhyAyAM nRpo'bhavat॥ 2॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript