Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2608

c9.2608

ŠUKTIMATĪ I. A river which used to flow by the side of Uparicaravasu’s capital city. There is a story about this river. Once the Kolāhala mountain fell in love with this river and kept it within himself. Uparicaravasu who came to know of this, gave a kick to the mountain. The kick produced a hole in the mountain and the river emerged through that hole. Śuktimatī had a son and a daughter by Kolāhala mountain. The river presented them to the King. The King appointed the son as his military commander. Girikā, the daughter of the river became the King's wife. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 63, Verse 34).