Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Suhotra included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Suhotra
General information.
A king of the Candra dynasty. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 24, that he was the grandson of emperor Bharata and the son of the elder brother of Bhumanyu. Puṣkariṇī was the mother of this Suhotra.
Other details.
(i) This Suhotra got suzerainty over the entire earth. After this he conducted horse-sacrifice and several other sacrifices. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 25).
(ii) Suhotra married Suvarṇā, a princess of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. Three sons, Ajamīḍha, Sumīḍha and Purumīḍha were born to them. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 30).
(iii) Suhotra was a generous king. (Mahābhārata Droṇa-Parva, Chapter 56).
(iv) Being pleased at his hospitality, Indra showered a rain of gold in the country for a year. Rivers were full of golden water. Indra showered golden fishes also in these rivers. But the king divided all this gold among Brahmins. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 29, Verse 25).