Editing Bhrigu (section)

==Legends==
Bhṛgu is mentioned in the ''[[Shiva Purana]]'' and the ''[[Vayu Purana]]'', where he is shown present during the great ''[[yajna]]'' of [[Daksha]] (his father-in-law).<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp043.htm Vishnu Purana] SACRIFICE OF DAKSHA (From the [[Vayu Purana]].) The ''Vishnu Purana'', translated by [[Horace Hayman Wilson]], 1840. 67:6.</ref> 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. As a result, Veerbhadra tore off Bhrigu's beard and moustache in front of everyone. In the [[Taittiriya Upanishad|''Tattiriya Upanishad'']], he is described to have had a conversation with his father Varuni on [[Brahman]].

In the ''[[Bhagavad Gītā|Bhagavad Gita]]'', [[Krishna]] says that among sages, Bhrigu is the representative of the opulence of [[God in Hinduism|God]].<ref>[http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-10-23.html Bhagavad Gītā&nbsp;– Chapter 10 Verse 25]</ref>

=== Testing the Trimurti ===
The ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'' describes a legend in which sages gathered at the bank of the river [[Sarasvati River|Sarasvati]] to participate in a great ''yajna''. The gathered sages could not decide who among the [[Trimurti]] (supreme trinity) of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva was pre-eminent and should be the recipient of the ''yajna''. They deputed Bhrigu to determine this answer.{{sfn|Satish|2014}}

Upon being entrusted with the task, Bhṛgu decided to test each of the Trimurti. He first visited Brahma at [[Brahmaloka|Satyaloka]], and to test his patience, he refused to sing in his praise or prostrate before him. Brahma grew angry, but realised that his son was testing him and allowed him to pass. Bhṛgu left for [[Mount Kailash|Kailasha]], the abode of Shiva. Upon seeing the sage, Shiva rose to his feet and moved forward with great joy to embrace the sage. Bhṛgu, however, refused the embrace, and tested him by calling the deity a maligner of social conventions and rituals. Shiva was infuriated and prepared to strike the sage with his [[Triśūla|trident]], but was calmed by his consort, [[Parvati]]. The sage then asked Shiva for forgiveness and received his blessings and travelled to Vishnu's abode [[Vaikuntha]].{{sfn|Satish|2014}} Vishnu was resting his head on the lap of [[Lakshmi]] when the sage arrived. Bhṛgu kicked Vishnu on the chest to wake him up, enraged by the perceived insult. Vishnu woke up, greeted Bhṛgu, and starts massaging his feet, regarding his chest to have been sanctified due to its contact with the sage's foot. Overpowered with emotion, Bhṛgu went back to the sages and declared [[Vishnu]] to be the greatest among the Trimurti.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tapasyananda |first=Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-yBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT743 |title=Srimad Bhagavata Volume – 3 |publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math(vedantabooks.org) |pages=743 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Coulter |first1=Charles Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWxekbhM1yEC&pg=PT228 |title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |last2=Turner |first2=Patricia |date=2013-07-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-96397-2 |pages=228 |language=en}}</ref>  

According to some traditions, Vishnu's consort [[Lakshmi]] grew angry at him because the chest was considered as Lakshmi's place (''vakshasthala'') and left Vaikuntha to be born on earth. She was found on a lotus flower, and was raised by Bhrigu and his wife Khyati, which is why another name of Lakshmi is Bhargavi, daughter of Bhṛgu. Since she was found on a lotus, she is also called Padmavati.{{sfn|Satish|2014}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |date=2020-11-13 |title=Bhrigu: The Father of Fortune |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhrigu-the-father-of-fortune/articleshow/79213947.cms |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Benjamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6zj3DwAAQBAJ&dq=Bhrigu+sage&pg=PA151 |title=Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism. In Two Volumes. Volume I A-L |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62465-0 |language=en}}</ref> 

A variation of this is the legend behind [[Tirupati]], in which a furious Lakshmi is born as Padmavati on earth and Vishnu assumes the form of [[Srinivasa]] and [[Venkateswara]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA453 |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=453 |language=en}}</ref>