Śūdrā (daughter of Raudrāśva)

Śūdrā

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Śūdrā is one of the ten daughters of Raudrāśva, a king in the line of Pūru, and one of the ten wives of the ṛshi Prabhākara of the line of Atri.

Her family

Sūta tells the munis the line of Pūru. Pūru’s son was Suvīra, and from him the line ran to Manasyu, Abhayada, Sudhanvan, Subāhu and Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva had ten sons and ten daughters: Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Śaladā, Maladā, Khaladā, Naladā, Surasā, Gocavalā and Strīratnakūṭā. A ṛshi named Prabhākara, born in the line of Atri, became the husband of all ten.

Prabhākara and the Svastyātreyas

When Sūrya, struck down by Rāhu, was falling from the sky, Prabhākara said to him, “Svasti be to you!”, and Sūrya did not fall. On his ten wives Prabhākara begot ten sons, masters of the Veda and founders of gotras, who became famous as the Svastyātreyas.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13