Modāki

Modāki · modāki, “the joyful one”

Modāki is a son of Bhavya, the lord of Śāka-dvīpa. One of the seven varshas, the regions, of Śāka-dvīpa bears his name.

In Śāka-dvīpa

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the dvīpas that lie beyond Jambūdvīpa. Śāka-dvīpa surrounds the ocean of cream. Bhavya, 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 the great Śāka tree, served by siddhas and gandharvas, and its people, of the four varṇas, live free of fear and disease, with no loss of dharma.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20