Jyotishmān (son of Svāyambhuva Manu)
Jyotishmān · jyotish-mān, “the radiant one”
Kapilā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kapilā. Dhṛti has other meanings too: see all meanings of Dhṛti. Prabhākara has other meanings too: see all meanings of Prabhākara.
Jyotishmān is one of the ten sons of Svāyambhuva Manu and the king of Kuśa-dvīpa, whose seven varshas bear the names of his seven sons.
His birth
When the munis ask Lomaharshaṇa to tell the manvantaras, the Sūta begins with the first, that of Svāyambhuva Manu, whose saptarshis were Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya and Vasishṭha. The ten sons of Svāyambhuva were Āgnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Medhya, Medhātithi, Vasu, Jyotishmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Sabala and Putra.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5
Kuśa-dvīpa and his sons
Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa. In Kuśa-dvīpa the varshas bear the names of the sons of King Jyotishmān: Udbhida, Veṇumān, Svairatha, Randhana, Dhṛti, Prabhākara and Kapila. There, with humans, live daityas, dānavas, devas, gandharvas, yakshas and kiṃpurushas. The four varṇas there, each devoted to its own dharma, are called the Damas, the Śushmiṇas, the Snehas and the Māndahas. The deity worshipped there is Janārdana in the form of Parabrahma, and the people perform yajñas to Janārdana and so wear away the fruit of their former puṇya, desiring only mukti.
The seven varsha mountains of Kuśa-dvīpa are Vidruma, Hemaśaila, Dyutimān, Pushṭimān, Kuśeśaya, Hari and Mandara. Its rivers include Dhūtapāpā, Śivā, Pavitrā, Sammati, Vidyudambhas and Mahī, and thousands of small streams there remove all pāpa. In the middle of the dvīpa stands a great clump of kuśa grass, and from it the dvīpa takes its name.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 20