Satyarathā
Satyarathā · satya-rathā, “she whose chariot is truth”
Satyarathā was a princess of the Kekaya line and the wife of King Satyavrata of the Sūrya-vaṃśa, the solar line, who became known as Triśaṅku. She bore him a son of great puṇya, Hariścandra, famed as Traiśaṅkava, “the son of Triśaṅku”. Lomaharshaṇa, the Sūta, names her to the munis in his account of the solar line.
Wife of Triśaṅku
Satyavrata, son of Trayyāruṇa, was banished by his father and lived beside the huts of the śvapākas, and through a twelve-year famine he supported the family of Viśvāmitra. Vasishṭha named him Triśaṅku for his three offences, and Viśvāmitra, pleased with his service, consecrated him in his father’s kingdom and raised him to svarga (the world of the devas) in his own body.
The king’s wife was Satyarathā, of the Kekaya line. She bore a son of great puṇya, Hariścandra, famed as Traiśaṅkava. Hariścandra performed the Rājasūya and won fame as Samrāṭ, an emperor. His son was Rohita, and the line went on through Harita, Cañcu, Vijaya, Ruruka, Vṛka and Bāhu, the father of Sagara.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 7–8
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 7–8