Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3484

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2) The marriage and death of Hariṇī. Hariṇī grew up to be a young woman. Once Piṅgākṣa growing lustful took Hariṇī and went through the sky. She cried aloud for a long time. Piṅgākṣa, the asura, left her in a wild forest. At that time a King named Vasumanas came by that way hunting. He killed Piṅgākṣa and then having heard the story of Hariṇī got her on the horse called Jimūta and sent her to Videha (Mithilā). Her father was much pleased at getting her back. He wanted to give her in marriage to Vasumanas. The date of the marriage was fixed. Invitations were sent to many Kings. Among them there was a king named Bhadraśreṇya, who took her by force and went away. There was a fierce battle between the two Kings, Bhadraśreṇya and Vasumanas and Vasumanas was defeated. Seeing this Divodāsa, the King of Kāśī, attacked Bhadraśreṇya. Though Divodāsa defeated Bhadraśreṇya, he did not like to harm the beaten king. So he returned to his kingdom. Bhadraśreṇya took Hariṇī to his palace and married her. A son was born to her and he was named Durmada. This was the same Durmada who had taken birth and died as Piṅgākṣa and who had been born again as the son of Hariṇī. This Durmada took by force the daughter of his uncle called Citrāṅgī and a child was born to them. Bhadraśreṇya again engaged in a battle with Divodāsa, the King of Kāśī, and was defeated. Then his son Durmada got into the battlefield and he also was defeated.