Dharmaketu
Dharmaketu · dharma-ketu, “whose banner is dharma”
Suketu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Suketu.
Dharmaketu is a king of the Kāśī line of the lunar vaṃśa, descended from the rājarshi Alarka. He was the son of Suketu and the father of the mahāratha Satyaketu.
His line
The Brahma Purāṇa gives the line of the Kāśī kings that comes down from Divodāsa‘s son Pratardana. Pratardana’s son was Vatsa, and Vatsa’s son was Alarka, a brahmajñānī, true to his vow. Alarka’s son was Sannati; his son was Sunītha; from Sunītha came Kshema; Kshema’s son was Ketumanta; Ketumanta’s son was Suketu; and Suketu’s son was Dharmaketu.
Dharmaketu’s son was the mahāratha Satyaketu. After him the line ran Vibhu, Anarta, Sukumāra, Dhṛshṭaketu, Veṇuhotra and Bhārga, each the son of the one before.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11