The Purana Index v1.c5.s1.319

v1.c5.s1.319

Vi. P.) His wife was Sunīthā, the cruel-faced daughter of Mṛtyu. Finding the son's conduct cruel and unbecoming, he departed from the city.² Once he performed the Aśvamedha but the gods did not partake of the offerings. When he consulted the learned assembly, was advised by it that he could get a son by worshipping Hari. But the son born, Vena, was so mischievous that the king abandoned the kingdom in distress. Though messengers were deputed in search of him, his whereabouts remained untraced.³ Devoted to Hari, sought refuge with Him.⁴ According to the Brahmāṇḍa, Matsya and Vāyu Purāṇas he was the son of Uru and Āgneyī.⁵ A Prajāpati of the family of Svāyambhuva Manu (of the Atri line. Vā.)⁶