Kapilāśva
Kapilāśva · kapila-aśva, “the one with tawny horses”
Kapilāśva is a prince of the solar line, a son of King Kuvalāśva, who became Dhundhumāra, the slayer of Dhundhu. He was one of only three of Kuvalāśva’s hundred sons who lived through the battle with Dhundhu.
The battle with Dhundhu
The Sūta tells the munis that Kuvalāśva, a supreme embodiment of dharma, had a hundred sons, all excellent archers, learned, unconquerable, dhārmika, and yajvans who gave abundant dakshiṇā. At Uttaṅka Maharshi’s request Kuvalāśva marched with his hundred sons against Dhundhu, the son of Madhu, who lay beneath the sand of the ocean near Uttaṅka’s āśrama, and Bhagavān Vishṇu entered him. The princes dug the ocean to its bottom, and the rākshasa came out in the west. The fire from his mouth, stirred up by a great wind, seemed to burn the worlds, and all but three of the sons were burned. Kuvalāśva quenched the fire by yoga-bala, slew the water-rākshasa and showed him to Uttaṅka, who gave him varas, among them that the sons who had fallen would gain imperishable lokas.
Three sons were left to him: the eldest Dṛḍhāśva, and after him Candrāśva and Kapilāśva. The line continued through Dṛḍhāśva.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7