Kshetraśarmā

Kshetraśarmā · kshetra-śarmā

The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells of Kshetraśarmā, a scholar born of the tejas of Dahana. Sūta gives the account to a muni, within the discourse of Bṛhaspati.

Dahana is the world-burning tejas of the child born from his mother’s thigh, which Brahmā established in the form of a Rudra; it is named Aurva, because born of the ūru, Dahana, because it burns the world, and Vāḍava. That Dahana produced tejas from his own mouth, and it became famous as Kshetraśarmā in the house of a Sārasvata brāhmaṇa living at Kurukshetra. He was the foremost among scholars. Defeated by Śaṅkarācārya, he became his śishya, took the vow of brahmacarya, and remained in Kāśī doing upāsanā of Bhagavān Śaṅkara.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 12

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 12