Kuśaga

Kuśaga

Kuśaga is a son of Dyutimān and one of the rulers of Krauñca-dvīpa. The Brahma Purāṇa names him first of Dyutimān’s seven sons.

In Krauñca-dvīpa

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the dvīpas one by one. Krauñca-dvīpa is twice as extensive as Kuśa-dvīpa, and the seven sons of Dyutimān are its rulers: Kuśaga, Mandaga, Ushṇa, Pīvara, Andhakāraka, Muni and Dundubhi. Its varsha mountains, frequented by devas and gandharvas, are Krauñca, Vāmana, Andhakāraka, Devavrata, Dhama, Puṇḍarīkavān and Dundubhi, each twice the measure of the one before. The Pushkaras and Pushkalas move about there with the hosts of devas, and the four varṇas live there. Its seven chief rivers are Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātrī, Manojavā, Khyāti and Puṇḍarīkā. There Janārdana in the form of Rudra is worshipped in yajña through dhyāna-yoga. The dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of cream, of the same measure as the dvīpa, and around that lies Śāka-dvīpa.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20