Pṛthu (son of Citraka)

Pṛthu, “the broad one”

Pṛthu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Pṛthu.

Pṛthu was the eldest son of Citraka, the son of Vṛshṇi, in the Yādava line, and a cousin of Akrūra. He is not Pṛthu Vainya, the first cakravartin, nor Pṛthu, son of Anenas, of the solar line, nor the ṛshi Pṛthu of the Tāmasa manvantara. With his brother Vipṛthu he was among the Yādavas who fell at Prabhāsa.

His family

The Sūta tells the munis that Vṛshṇi had two sons, Śvaphalka and Citraka; Śvaphalka was the father of Akrūra. Citraka’s sons were Pṛthu, Vipṛthu, Aśvagrīva, Aśvabāhu, Svapārśva, Gaveshaṇa, Arishṭanemi, Aśva, Sudharman, Subāhu and Bahubāhu, and his daughters were Śravishṭhā and Śravaṇā (Chapter 14). In the account of the Syamantaka gem the Purāṇa gives Citraka’s sons again: Pṛthu, Vipṛthu, Aśvagrīva, Aśvabāhu, Supārśvaka, Gaveshaṇa, Arishṭanemi, Dharma, Dharmabhṛt, Subāhu and Bahubāhu, with the daughters Śravishṭhā and Śravaṇā (Chapter 16).

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16

At Prabhāsa

Vyāsa tells the munis that when the time came for the Yadu-kula to end, all the Yādavas went with Śrī Kṛshṇa and Balarāma to Prabhāsa. There the Kukuras and Andhakas drank surā, quarrelled, and, overpowered by fate, struck one another with their weapons. When the weapons ran out they seized the eraka grass growing nearby, and in their hands it became like the vajra. Among those who struck one another with it were Pradyumna, Sāmba, Kṛtavarmā, Sātyaki, Aniruddha, Pṛthu, Vipṛthu, Cāruvarmā, Cāru and Akrūra, and so the Yādavas were destroyed.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 210

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16, 210