Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2348

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KEŚINĪ V. Once there arose a quarrel between Sudhanvā, the son of Aṅgiras, and Virocana the son of Prahlāda, because both wanted to marry the same girl named Keśinī. Sudhanvā was a Brahmin whereas Virocana was an Asura, who argued that Asura was nobler than Brahmin and Sudhanvā said that it was the other way. Both wagered their lives and accepted Prahlāda as their judge. The decision of Prahlāda was that the Brahmin was the nobler of the two. Because Prahlāda said the truth Sudhanvā did not kill Virocana. But Virocana had to wash the feet of Sudhanvā in the presence of Keśinī, feet Sudhanvā married Keśinī in the presence of Virocana. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 35).