Jīmūtaketu
Jīmūtaketu · jīmūta-ketu, “the one whose banner is the cloud”
Jīmūtaketu is the master of the vidyādharas and the father of Jīmūtavāhana. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells his account as the Vaitāla‘s words to Vikramāditya, in the account of Jīmūtavāhana and Śaṅkhacūḍa.
His former birth
In Kānyakubja lived a brāhmaṇa, generous, truthful and intent on Devī-pūjā, who gave away whatever he received as gifts. Once the śāradīya Navadurgā vrata came and he had received nothing, and he was very worried how he would feed the kanyās he had invited for the Durgā-pūjā. By the Devī’s grace he received five coins unexpectedly and completed the vrata with them, keeping it for nine days without food.
Master of the vidyādharas
By the power of that vrata, after death he attained a divine form and became Jīmūtaketu, master of the vidyādharas. He lived in a lovely place of the Himālaya and performed pūjā of the Kalpavṛksha with bhakti. By the power of that tree he received a son named Jīmūtavāhana, skilled in all kalās. Later father and son both went to the forest and performed severe tapas on the lovely Malayācala.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23