Sukumāra (son of Bhavya)
Sukumāra · su-kumāra, “the very tender one”
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Sukumāra is one of the seven sons of Bhavya, the lord of Śāka-dvīpa, one of the seven great dvīpas of the earth. The varshas (regions) of Śāka-dvīpa bear the names of these sons, and one of them is named after Sukumāra.
Bhavya’s sons and Śāka-dvīpa
Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa. Bhavya, lord of Śāka-dvīpa, has seven sons, and the varshas there bear their names: Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Manīraka, Kuśamoda, Modāki and Mahādruma.
The varsha mountains there are Udayagiri, Jaladhāra, also called Raivataka, Śyāma, Ambhogiri, Astikeya and Kesarī. A great tree called Śāka stands there, served by siddhas and gandharvas, and the wind that touches its leaves gives supreme joy. The people of its lands, of the four varṇas, live without fear or disease. Its seven rivers, Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, Reṇukā, Ikshu, Dhenukā and Gabhasti, came from svarga (heaven); they are of great puṇya (merit) and take away the fear of pāpa. There dharma never fails, and the four varṇas are named Maga, Māgadha, Mānasa and Mandaga.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20