Virajā (Wife of Nahusha)
Virajā · vi-rajā, “the stainless one”
Virajā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Virajā.
Virajā was a daughter of the pitṛs (the ancestors) and the wife of Nahusha of the lunar line. Nahusha, a great tapasvin, begot in her six sons, each equal to Indra. Of them Yayāti became king, and Yati became a muni. She is not the tīrtha of the same name, nor the Mother installed at Virajā-kshetra.
Her sons
The Brahma Purāṇa tells of her in the account of the lunar line (Soma-vaṃśa), given to the munis by the teller of the Purāṇa. Her six sons, in order, were:
Of them Yayāti became king. He was supremely devoted to dharma and married Go, the daughter of Kakutstha. Yati became a muni, kept to the path of moksha (liberation) and attained the state of Brahman.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 12
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 12