Ṛksha (son of Vidūratha)

Ṛksha

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Ṛksha is a mahāratha king of the line of Kuru, the son of Vidūratha and the father of Bhīmasena. He is the second Ṛksha of the Soma vaṃśa (the lunar line), not Ṛksha the son of Ajamīḍha and Dhūminī.

His line

Sūta tells the munis the line of Kuru. Kuru had four sons, Sudhanvan, Sudhanus, Parīkshit and the mighty Arimejaya. Parīkshit’s sons were Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Agrasena and Bhīmasena. Janamejaya’s son was the wise Suratha; his son was Vidūratha, and Vidūratha’s son was the mahāratha Ṛksha. “The second was famed under the same name through Bharadvāja,” Sūta says. “In the Soma vaṃśa there were two Ṛkshas, two Parīkshits, three Bhīmasenas and two Janamejayas.”

To the second Ṛksha was born Bhīmasena, and his son was Pratīpa. Pratīpa had three sons: Śantanu, Devāpi and Bāhlīka.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13