Devarāta

Devarāta

Devarāta is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Śunaḥśepa: the son of Ajīgarta of the Bhṛgu line, freed from the yūpa of Hariścandra‘s yajña by the devatās and adopted by Viśvāmitra as Devarāta, “given by the devas”; the Brahma Purāṇa’s account is Śunaḥśepa Becomes Devarāta. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 5; Skandha 9, Chapters 7, 16; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 34, 80
• Devarāta (son of Karambha): a king of the Yadu line of Kroshṭu, son of Karambha and father of Devakshatra, from whose line came Madhu and Sattvant. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15
• Devarātas (Kauśika Gotra): one of the famous gotras of the Kauśikas, the family of Viśvāmitra Maharshi. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Named in passing

• Devarāta, a ṛshi at the Gautamī‘s mouth: named among the ṛshis who praised the Gautamī as she joined the eastern sea, told on Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama (Gautamī). Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 104