Tirupati story Ī similar story is found in the story of Tirupati. He then declared Vishnu the greatest among the Trimurti, the triumvirate of gods. He begged forgiveness of Vishnu, who readily forgave him. In the process, Vishnu destroyed the third eye of Bhrigu that was on his feet, symbolizing his ignorance and ego, and, as soon as it was destroyed, he grew aware of his egotistical outbursts with extreme pain. Vishnu woke up, greeted Bhrigu, and starting massaging his feet, asking him if he had hurt his feet in kicking his chest. Bhrigu kicked Vishnu on the chest to wake him up, as he was enraged by the fact that Vishnu was constantly asleep on the Shesha. Now, the only remaining deva was Vishnu, and, to make things even worse, Vishnu wasn't able to see Bhrigu, because he was asleep on his Sheshanaga. Shiva was infuriated, but was calmed by his consort, Parvati. Lord Shiva meanwhile was also talking with Parvati. Brahma also got angry and, in fear, Bhrigu left for Kailash (home of Shiva). Bhrigu got angry and started to insult his father. He first visited Brahma, who was reciting the Vedas and spending time with his wife, Saraswati, and, therefore, ignored the arrival of Bhrigu. Upon being entrusted with the task, Maharishi Bhrigu decided to test each of the Trimurti. With the consent of all the great saints presents there, it was decided that Bhrigu would test and decide who was pre-eminent. All the great saints and sages could not decide that out of the trinity of gods, Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva who was pre-eminent and to whom they should offer the Pradhanta (Master) of that Yagya. Many great sages gathered at the bank of the river Sarasvati to participate in Maha Yagya. In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna says that among sages, Bhrigu is representative of the opulence of God. In Tattiriya Upanishad, he had conversation with his father Varuni on Brahman. He supports the continuation of the Daksha yajna even after being warned that without an offering for Shiva, it was asking for a catastrophe for everyone present there. 2 Bhrigu and Places/People associated with himīhrigu fine mention in Shiva Purana and Vayu Purana, where he is shown present during the great yajna of Daksha Prajapati (his father-in-law).One of his descendants was sage Jamadagni, who in turn was the father of sage Parashurama, considered an avatar of Vishnu. The sage Chyavana is also said to be his son with Puloma, as is the folk hero Mrikanda. He had one more son with Kavyamata (Usana), who is better known than Bhrigu himself – Shukra, learned sage and guru of the asuras. They also had two sons named Dhata and Vidhata. She was the mother of Devi Lakshmi as Bhargavi. She is more popularly known as the Daughter of Prajapati Daksha. He was married to Khyati, one of the nine daughters of sage Kardama. Īs per Skanda Purana, Bhrigu migrated to Bhrigukutch, modern Bharuch on the banks of the Narmada river in Gujarat, leaving his son Chyavana at Dhosi Hill. Along with Manu, Bhrigu had made important contributions to Manusmriti, which was constituted out of a sermon to a congregation of saints in the state of Brahmavarta, after the great floods in this area. Bhrigu had his Ashram (Hermitage) on the Vadhusar River, a tributary of the Drishadwati River near Dhosi Hill in the Vedic state of Brahmavarta, presently on the border of Haryana and Rajasthan in India. According to Manusmriti, Bhrigu was a compatriot of and lived during the time of Manu, the Hindu progenitor of humanity. The adjectival form of the name, Bhargava, is used to refer to the descendants and the school of Bhrigu. The first compiler of predictive astrology, and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, the astrological ( Jyotish) classic, Bhrigu is considered a Manasa Putra ("mind-born-son") of Brahma. He was one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of Creation) created by Brahma. Bhrigu ( Sanskrit: Bhṛgu) was a rishi in Hinduism.