Manīraka

Manīraka

Manīraka is one of the seven sons of Bhavya, the lord of Śāka-dvīpa, and one of the varshas of that dvīpa bears his name.

Śāka-dvīpa

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa. Bhavya, the lord of Śāka-dvīpa, has seven sons, and the varshas there bear their names: Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Manīraka, Kuśamoda, Modāki and Mahādruma. In that dvīpa stands a great tree called Śāka, served by siddhas and gandharvas; its seven rivers, Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, Reṇukā, Ikshu, Dhenukā and Gabhasti, came from svarga and take away the fear of pāpa; its people live without fear or disease, and Śrī Hari is worshipped there in the form of Sūrya. The dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of milk.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20