Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39

Sanskrit:

तस्य ह वा एते श्लोका:—प्रियव्रतकृतं कर्म को नु कुर्याद्विनेश्वरम् । यो नेमिनिम्नैरकरोच्छायां घ्नन् सप्त वारिधीन् ॥ ३९ ॥

ITRANS:

tasya ha vā ete ślokāḥ — priyavrata-kṛtaṁ karmako nu kuryād vineśvaramyo nemi-nimnair akarocchāyāṁ ghnan sapta vāridhīn

Translation:

There are many famous verses regarding Mahārāja Priyavrata’s activities:

Purport:

“No one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead could do what Mahārāja Priyavrata has done. Mahārāja Priyavrata dissipated the darkness of night, and with the rims of his great chariot, he excavated seven oceans.” There are many excellent verses, famous all over the world, concerning the activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata. He is so celebrated that his activities are compared to those of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes a sincere servant and devotee of the Lord is also called bhagavān. Śrī Nārada is called bhagavān, and Lord Śiva and Vyāsadeva are also sometimes called bhagavān. This designation, bhagavān, is sometimes conferred upon a pure devotee by the grace of the Lord so that he will be very highly esteemed. Mahārāja Priyavrata was such a devotee.