Adhiratha (Son of Caitra)

Adhiratha · adhi-ratha

Adhiratha is a king of the line of Budha, the son of King Caitra and the father of King Suratha. The Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa gives him in the line that came from Budha after the return of Tārā to Bṛhaspati. Nārāyaṇa Maharshi tells it to Nārada in the Durgā Upākhyāna.

Budha, the son of Tārā and the best of the grahas, took Citrā, the daughter of Kubera by the apsarā Ghṛtācī, in gāndharva marriage. To them was born Caitra, a dhārmika cakravartin who ruled the whole earth with its seven dvīpas and fed brāhmaṇas every day with rivers of ghee and curd. To Caitra Mahārāja was born Adhiratha, and Adhiratha’s son was Suratha, who gained great jñāna from Medhas Muni and performed the pūjā of Durgā Devī in autumn.

Source: Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 61

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 61