Priyavrata
Priyavrata
Priyavrata is a name used for more than one king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Priyavrata: the eldest son of Svāyambhuva Manu and Śatarūpā, the first emperor of the earth, who divided it into seven dvīpas among his sons. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 18, 107, 119; Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Chapter 50; Liṅga Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapter 46; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandhas 2–6, 8, 11, 12; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Pūrva Bhāga, Chapters 14–15; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 46; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 117; Uttara Parva, Chapter 175; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2
- Priyavrata (Gautamī Aśvamedha): a kshatriya, the best of conquerors, whose aśvamedha on the southern bank of the Gautamī, with Vasishṭha as purohita, gave rise to Śamītīrtha and the tīrthas around it. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 33
- Priyavrata of Madra: the king of Madra deśa, whose two queens and son frame the Gaṇeśa Purāṇa‘s teaching on the glory of the śamī leaf in the pūjā of Bhagavān Gaṇeśa. Gaṇeśa Purāṇa, Krīḍā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 33–35