Indradyumna

Indradyumna

Indradyumna is a name used for more than one king and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

  • Indradyumna (King of Avantī): the king of Avantī in the Kṛta-yuga, a devotee of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who performed an aśvamedha at Purushottama-kshetra, built the temple there and installed the mūrtis of Saṅkarshaṇa, Kṛshṇa and Subhadrā. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 43–51
  • Indradyumna: the Pāṇḍya king of the Draviḍa country, a devotee of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who by Agastya‘s śāpa was born as the elephant Gajendra and was freed by Śrī Hari. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 8, Chapter 4; Skanda Purāṇa, Māheśvara Khaṇḍa, Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 7–13; Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Purushottama Kshetra Māhātmya, Chapters 7–10, 14–17, 18–19, 22–26, 27 and 29; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 20
  • Indradyumna in the Mahābhārata: a righteous king cast out of svarga when his fame on earth faded, and restored when the tortoise Akūpāra recognised him. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 199 (Mārkaṇḍeya Samāsyā Parva)
  • Indradyumna, Son of Manu: the son of Manu and brother of Ikshvāku, the rājarshi of Śākala who performed a thousand yajñas and married the gandharva maiden Vedavatī. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 39
  • Indradyumna the Brāhmaṇa: a king who saw the churning of the ocean and was born again as a brāhmaṇa, received jñāna from Bhagavān Vishṇu and attained moksha. Kūrma Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapter 1; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 272

Places

  • Indradyumna (Tīrtha): a holy tīrtha given by name only in the Brahma Purāṇa’s great list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25
  • Indradyumna Sarovara: the great sacred lake at Purushottama Kshetra, formed from the waters of the final bath of King Indradyumna’s thousand aśvamedhas. Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Purushottama Kshetra Māhātmya, Chapters 17, 29, 31 and 34; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 21; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 43, 51, 60, 63, 67