Maharishi Bhrigu the great sage & a great learned saint, was the son of Lord Brahma, originator of this world. Maha Rishi Bhrigu knew all the Vedas, Shastra & also he was a great Mantra gyata of all times. Maharishi Bhrigu had two wives mata Khyati & mata Pulauma. His son Shukra(Venus)was the Guru of Demons.

In ancient times, many great sages gathered at the bank of river Saraswati to participate in maha yagya organised at that time. Maharishi Bhrigu was also present there. All the great saints and sages could not decide that out of tridev Lord Vishnu, Brahma & Mahesh who is superior and whom should they offer Pradhanta (Master) of that yagya. With the consent of all the great saints present there, it was decided that Maharishi Bhrigu will test and decide who was superior amonst the tridevs.


Upon being entrusted with the task Maharishi decided to test Brahmaji first. He went on to see Brahmaji in Brahamlok. On reaching Brahamlok Maharishi dispayed utter disrespect to Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma got angry and wanted to punish Maharishi but mata Saraswati, wife of Lord Brahma saved Maharishi from his anger.

Maharishi Bhrigu then decided to visit Lord Shiva (Mahesh) at Kailash parvat. On reaching Kailash parvat, Maharishi again dispayed utter disrespect to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva lost his temper and got up from his asan (sitting place) to pickup his Trishul but mata Parvati saved his life by calming the Lord down. Then in order to test Lord Vishnu, Maharishi reached Vekunth dham. He entered the dham without Lord Vishnu's permission and saw that, Lord was resting at that time. Maharishi asked him to wakeup, but Lord was in deep sleep. On seeing no reaction from Lord, Maharishi hit Lord Vishnu on his chest (that strike by Maharishi Bhrigu left a foot print on Lord's chest & that foot print is known as "Shri Vats" till date).

Lord Vishnu got up after the strike and realised what has happened. On realising that Maharishi had hit him with his foot, Lord asked him,"Maharishi are you hurt in your foot? My chest is strong but your foot is not so strong". According to Hindu mythology, goddess of wealth and wife of Lord Vishnu, mata Laxmi also witnessed the whole incident, as she was also present in the dham at that time. She could not tolerate disrespect displayed by Maharishi Bhrigu towards Lord Vishnu and cursed him that henceforth I will never visit Brahmins and they will all live in absence of wealth.

On hearing this curse from mata Laxmi, Maharishi told her, his very purpose of visiting the Vekunth dham. On hearing this, mata Laxmi calmed down and told Maharishi, that her curse will definitely haunt Brahmins but whenever any Brahmin will worship Lord Vishnu, he will be liberated from my curse.

It is after this incident that Maharishi Bhrigu decided to write famous book of astrology "Bhrigusamhita", with the blessings of Lord Ganesha and mata Saraswati, to help Brahmins earn their living. Maharishi Bhrigu collected nos. of birth charts, wrote their predictions for full life and compiled them together to be known as Bhrigusamhita today. Bhrigusamhita was destroyed in Banaras university but few pages of the book are still available in Hoshiarpur city in Punjab. Bhrigusamhita was the very important and first book of its kind in the field of astrology.