Dushyanta (Turvasu Line)
Dushyanta
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Dushyanta of the line of Turvasu is a king born of Saṃyatā, the daughter of King Marutta. At his birth, by the śāpa of Yayāti, the line of Turvasu merged into the line of Pūru. His son was King Karūroma. He is not Dushyanta son of Dharmanetra, the husband of Śakuntalā.
In the line of Turvasu
Lomaharshaṇa, telling the munis the lines of Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu and Yadu, gives the line of Turvasu: Turvasu’s son was Vahni; his son Gobhānu; his son Aiśānu; his son Karandhama; and his son Marutta. Marutta performed yajñas with abundant dakshiṇā (gifts to the priests). He had no son, only a daughter, Saṃyatā, and she was given as yajña-dakshiṇā to Saṃvarta. Saṃyatā bore Dushyanta. “Thus,” the text says, “by the śāpa of Yayāti, the line of Turvasu merged into the line of Pūru.”
Dushyanta’s son was King Karūroma, and his son was Āhlīda. Āhlīda had four sons: Pāṇḍya, Kerala, Kāla and the Coḷa king.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13