Bhrigu, a sage in indian mythology, was said to have stepped on Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu to test who of the three gods was the greatest. Though Brahma and Shiva were furious at Bhrigu's act, Vishnu greeted the sage with respect and thus was declared by Bhrigu as the greatest. This article concerns the Hindu creator god, Brahma. ... For the Jewish ritual of mourning, see Shivah. ... For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ...
The Mahabharata relates that a king named Kritavirya was very liberal to his priests of the race of Bhrigu, and that they grew rich upon his munificence.
One woman concealed her unborn child in her thigh, and the Kshatriyas being informed of this, sought the child to kill it, but the child "issued forth from its mother's thigh with lustre and blinded the persecutors.