Pushkara
Pushkara
Pushkara is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Pushkara, Brother of Nala: the younger brother of Nala, king of Nishadha, who under the sway of Kali won Nala’s kingdom at dice and lost it all when Nala returned. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 57–59; Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 76–78
- Pushkara, Son of Bharata: the firstborn son of Bharata and Māṇḍavī, born in Ayodhyā in Rāma-rājya, for whom the city of Pushkarāvatī is named. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Janma Kāṇḍa, Chapter 9; Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Vivāha Kāṇḍa, Chapters 3, 6–7, 9; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 11
- Pushkara, Son of Varuṇa: the son of Varuṇa who taught the whole of rājadharma and many sciences to Paraśurāma. Vishṇu Dharmottara Purāṇa, Uttarārdha (Dvitīya Khaṇḍa), Chapters 1–183; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 151–163, 166, 168–172, 218–238, 259–272
Places
- Pushkara: the sacred lake of Bhagavān Brahmā in the west of Bhārata, which the Agni Purāṇa declares the foremost of all tīrthas. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 109, 174, 211, 219, 305, 383; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 10, 12; Nārada Purāṇa, Uttarārdha, Chapter 71; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapters 5, 34–36; Padma Purāṇa, Sṛshṭi Khaṇḍa, Chapters 14–19; Harivaṃśa, Bhavishya Parva, Chapters 110–130; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 3, 7, 23, 31, 39, 57, 63, 69; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 16; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 14; Skandha 12, Chapter 12
Named in passing
- Pushkara, son of Śrī Kṛshṇa: one of the eighteen mahārathas among the sons of Śrī Kṛshṇa, told on Kṛshṇa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 10, Chapter 90
- Pushkara, the Ikshvāku king to come: the son of Sunakshatra and father of Antariksha, among the kings Śrī Śuka foretells after Bṛhadbala, told on Ikshvāku Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 12
- Pushkara, son of Vṛka: a Yādava, son of Vṛka by Durvārkshī, told on Yadu Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 24