Vatsarāja

Vatsarāja · vatsa-rāja

Vatsarāja is a king named in the Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa.

In the aṃśa births that Bhagavān Śiva foretells, Yudhishṭhira is born as Balakhāni, glossed Malakhāna, the son of Vatsarāja and ruler of the city of Śirīsha. The fourth Section of the third Khaṇḍa bears the title “the appearance of Deśarāja, Vatsarāja and other kings”.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Sections 1, 4

In the fourth Khaṇḍa, Sūta gives Vatsarāja as the son of Bhaumarāja, son of Śambhudatta. His son was Bhojarāja.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Sections 1, 4; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1