Parīkshit (son of Kuru)
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Parīkshit is a king of the Kuru line, one of the four sons of Kuru, who made Kurukshetra, and the father of four strong heroes: Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Agrasena and Bhīmasena. He is a different king from Parīkshit the son of Abhimanyu; the Purāṇa itself says that the line of Soma had two Parīkshits.
His line
The Sūta tells the munis that Ajamīḍha‘s queen Dhūminī, a pativratā, performed hard tapas for ten thousand years for a son, and bore Ṛksha. From Ṛksha came Saṃvaraṇa, and from him Kuru. Kuru went from Prayāga and made Kurukshetra, pure and lovely, frequented by men of puṇya; his descendants are the Kauravas. Kuru had four sons: Sudhanvan, Sudhanus, Parīkshit and the mighty Arimejaya.
Parīkshit’s sons were Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Agrasena and Bhīmasena, all heroes and strong. Janamejaya’s son was the wise Suratha; his son Vidūratha; and his son the mahāratha Ṛksha. “In the line of Soma,” the Sūta says, “there were two Ṛkshas, two Parīkshits, three Bhīmasenas and two Janamejayas.”
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13