Soma (son of Prabhākara)
Soma
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Soma was the famous (yaśasvī) son of Prabhākara, a ṛshi born in the vaṃśa (line) of Atri, and of Bhadrā, the eldest daughter of King Raudrāśva of the line of Pūru. He is not Soma the Moon deva (Candra), the son of Atri.
His family
Sūta tells the munis the line of Pūru. Pūru’s son was Suvīra; his son Manasyu; his son Abhayada; his son Sudhanvan; his son Subāhu; and his son Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva had ten sons and ten daughters. The daughters were Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Śaladā, Maladā, Khaladā, Naladā, Surasā, Gocavalā and Strīratnakūṭā. The ṛshi Prabhākara of Atri‘s vaṃśa became the husband of all ten, and on Bhadrā he begot the famous Soma.
His father Prabhākara
Once Sūrya, struck down by Rāhu at an eclipse, was falling from the sky, and the world was plunged in darkness. Then light came about through Prabhākara alone. He said to Sūrya, “Svasti (auspiciousness) be to you!”, and at once Sūrya did not fall from the antariksha (the mid-air). Prabhākara became the founder of the Ātreya gotras, of which Atri is the head. On his ten wives he begot ten sons, masters of the Veda and founders of gotras, who became famous as the Svastyātreyas, for the words “svasti be to you” that Prabhākara of the Ātreya line spoke to the falling Sūrya.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13