Prabhā, Father of Mahāmada

Prabhā · prabhā, “radiance”

Prabhā is a king of the Agni line named in the Pratisarga Parva. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that when 3,710 years of Kaliyuga had passed, a king named Prabhā began to rule. He had a son named Mahāmada, who ruled half of his father’s period. Mahāmada’s son was Devāpi, and after him came Devadūta and Gandharvasena.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 7

Sources

  • Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 7