Viraja, Son of Tvashṭā
Viraja · vi-raja, “the one free of rajas”
Virajā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Virajā.
Viraja is a king of the line of Priyavrata, the son of Tvashṭā and the father of Raja. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa calls him the last born of Priyavrata’s line, who adorned it with his fame. He is not Viraja, the saptarshi of the Cākshusha manvantara.
In the Agni Purāṇa
Agni Deva, telling the Svāyambhuva line, gives the kings who came from Sumati, the son of Bharata, each the son of the one before: Sumati, Indradyumna, Parameshṭhī, Pratīhāra, Pratihartā, Bhava, Udgītha, Prastāra, Vibhu, Pṛthu, Nakta, Gaya, Nara, Virāṭ, Mahāvīrya, Śrīmān, Mahānta, Manasyu, Tvashṭā, Viraja and Raja. Raja’s son Śatajit had a hundred sons, of whom Viśvajyoti was the chief, and through him Bhārata-varsha prospered.
Source: Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 107
In the Bhāgavata Purāṇa
Viraja, born last in the line of Priyavrata, adorned it with his fame, as Bhagavān Vishṇu, become Vāmana, adorned the host of the devas.
Source: Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 15
Sources
- Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 107
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 15