Suhotra (son of Kāñcanaprabha)

Suhotra

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Suhotra is a king of the lunar line, in the line of Amāvasu, the son of Purūravas. He was strong and learned, the son of Kāñcanaprabha, and his son by Keśinī was Jahnu, who drank up the Gaṅgā. He is a different king from Suhotra the son of Vitatha.

The teller of the Purāṇa tells the munis that Amāvasu’s son was Bhīma, a king of kings; Bhīma’s son was the glorious Kāñcanaprabha; and Kāñcanaprabha’s son was Suhotra, strong and learned. Suhotra’s son was Jahnu, the son of Keśinī.

Jahnu, son of Suhotra, performed the great yajña called sarpamedha. Gaṅgā chose him as her husband, and when he would not consent she flooded the yajña enclosure. Jahnu pronounced a śāpa on her and drank up the whole Gaṅgā; then the maharshis made her his daughter, and so she became Jāhnavī. Jahnu married Kāverī, the daughter of Yuvanāśva.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10