Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2693

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PULAHA. One of the Prajāpatis. The references about him in the Purāṇas are the following:
(1) Pulaha was one of the spiritual sons of Brahmā. (Śloka 12, Chapter 204, Vana Parva).
(2) Kṣamā, wife of Pulaha, delivered three sons named Kardama, Urvarīvān and Sahiṣṇu. (Chapter 10, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).
(3) Pulaha got of his wife Kṣamā another son named Karmaśreṣṭha. (Chapter 20, Agni Purāṇa).
(4) Pulaha is included in the group of six powerful sages. (Śloka 4, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva).
(5) From Pulaha were born the butterflies, lions, tigers, lambs, wolves and Kimpuruṣas. (Śloka 3, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva).
(6) Pulaha took part in the Janmotsava of Arjuna. (Śloka 52, Chapter 122, Ādi Parva).
(7) Pulaha was also among the sages who dissuaded Parāśara from conducting a yāga to kill all the rākṣasas. (Śloka 9, Chapter 180, Ādi Parva).
(8) Pulaha was a member of the court of Indra. (Śloka 17, Chapter 7, Sabhā Parva).
(9) Pulaha was a worshipper of Brahmā. (Śloka 18, Chapter 11, Sabhā Parva).
(10) Pulaha did penance at a place on the shores of Alakanandā, a tributary of river Gaṅgā. (Śloka 6, Chapter 142, Vana Parva).
(11) He took part in the Janmotsava of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 9, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
(12) Pulaha is included in the twenty one Prajāpatis. (Śloka 35, Chapter 334, Śānti Parva).
(13) Pulaha is one among the group of Saptarṣis called Citraśikhaṇḍins. (Śloka 29, Chapter 335, Śānti Parva).
(14) Pulaha is also one of the Aṣṭaprakṛtis. (Chapter 340, Śānti Parva).