Pṛthu
Pṛthu
Pṛthu is a name used for more than one king and ṛshi in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
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- Pṛthu: the son of Vena, the first emperor of the whole earth, a partial avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who milked the Earth as a cow and settled the land. Padma Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa; Vishṇu Purāṇa; Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva; Vāyu Purāṇa; Matsya Purāṇa; Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
- Pṛthu (Ṛshi of the Tāmasa Manvantara): one of the saptarshis of the manvantara of Tāmasa Manu. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5
- Pṛthu, Son of Anenā: a king of the Ikshvāku line in the Satya Yuga, who ruled 35,500 years. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
- Pṛthu (son of Citraka): the eldest son of Citraka, son of Vṛshṇi, a Yādava and cousin of Akrūra, who fell with the Yādavas at Prabhāsa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16, 210
- Pṛthu, Sevaka of Kaṇva: Ācārya Pṛthu, a sevaka of Kaṇva Maharshi, who was made a kshatriya king and given Rājaputrapura. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 21