[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 4.19.2 # Vishnupurana 4.19.2 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.19.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.2) retodhāḥ putro nayati naradeva yamakṣayāt | tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyam āha śakuntalā || > THE son of Puru was Janamejaya; his son was Práchinvat; his son was Pravíra; his son was Manasyu; his son was Bhayada; his son was Sudyumna; his son was Bahugava; his son was Samyáti; his son was Ahamyáti; his son was Raudráśwa, who had ten sons, Riteyu, Kaksheyu, Sthańd́ileyu, Ghriteyu, Jaleyu, Sthaleyu, Santateyu, Dhaneyu, Vaneyu, and Vrateyu. The son of Riteyu was Rantinára, whose sons were Tansu, Apratiratha, and Dhruva. The son of the second of these was Kańwa, and his son was Medhátithi, from whom the Káńwáyána Brahmanas descended. Anila was the son of Tansu, and he had four sons, of whom Dushyanta was the elder. The son of Dushyanta was the emperor Bharata; a verse explanatory of his name is chaunted by the gods; "The mother is only the receptacle; it is the father by whom a son is begotten. Cherish thy son, Dushyanta; treat not Śakuntalá with disrespect. Sons, who are born from the paternal loins, rescue their progenitors from the infernal regions. Thou art the parent of this boy; Śakuntalá has spoken truth." From the expression 'cherish,' Bharaswa, the prince was called Bharata. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.1) - [Next: 4.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.3) - [Up: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19) ## Translations (1) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.19.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.2) · Pramāṇa