Punarvasu (son of Tiviri)

Punarvasu · punar-vasu

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Punarvasu is a king of the Kukura line of the Yādavas. He was the son of Tiviri and the father of Abhijit, whose twin sons were Āhuka and Śrāhuka.

His line

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that the daughter of Kāśyapa bore four sons to Andhaka: Kukura, Bhajamāna, Sanaka and Balabarhisha. Kukura’s son was Vṛshṇi; his son Kapotaroma; his son Tiviri; and his son was Punarvasu. Punarvasu’s son was Abhijit, who had twin sons, famous as Āhuka and Śrāhuka. Āhuka’s sons were Devaka and Ugrasena, and Kaṃsa is named first of Ugrasena’s nine sons.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15