Kṛśāśva Prajāpati
Kṛśāśva · kṛśa-aśva, “the one whose horses are lean”
Kṛśāśva is one of the great beings to whom Daksha gave his sixty daughters in marriage. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa tells that he received two of them, Arcis and Dhishaṇā. Arcis bore him one son, Dhūmrakeśa, and Dhishaṇā four: Vedaśiras, Devala, Vayuna and Manu.
The daughters of Daksha
Śuka tells Parīkshit that after Svayambhū Brahmā had comforted Daksha, the son of the Pracetas, Daksha had sixty daughters by his wife Asiknī, and they loved their father dearly. He gave them in marriage: ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa Prajāpati, called Tārkshya, twenty-seven to Candra, two to Bhūta, two to Aṅgiras, two to Kṛśāśva, and the remaining four to that same Kaśyapa. With their children, and their children’s children, the three worlds were filled.
Source: Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapter 6
His wives and sons
Kṛśāśva’s first wife was Arcis, and her son was Dhūmrakeśa. This Dhūmrakeśa is not the dānava of the same name, a son of Danu, whom Śuka names later in the same chapter.
His second wife was Dhishaṇā, and she bore him four sons:
Source: Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapter 6
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapter 6