Śukra (son of Havirdhāna)

Śukra

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Śukra was one of the six sons of Havirdhāna and his wife Āgneyī, in the line of King Pṛthu, and a brother of Prācīnabarhi. He is not Śukra, also called Uśanas and Kavi, the son of Bhṛgu and the guru of the daityas.

The Sūta Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the lineage. Pṛthu’s sons were Antardhi and Pāti. From Antardhāna (the same as Antardhi), Śikhaṇḍinī bore a son, Havirdhāna. From Havirdhāna, Āgneyī bore six sons: Prācīnabarhi, Śukra, Gaya, Kṛshṇa, Vraja and Ajina. This Āgneyī is not the Āgneyī who was the wife of Puru.

His eldest brother, Bhagavān Prācīnabarhi, became a Prajāpati. He was so named because in the land he ruled the darbha grass growing in the water sprouted with its tips pointing east. After intense tapas he married Savarṇā, the daughter of Samudra, and begot in her ten sons, masters of Dhanurveda.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2