Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3929

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4) Family. Varuṇa had several wives and children. Prominent among them were Gaurī and Varuṇānī. Mention is made about the sons Suṣeṇa, Vandī and Vasiṣṭha and daughter Vāruṇī. Cārṣaṇi was another wife of Varuṇa. Prajāpati Bhṛgu, who died in the sacrifice of Dakṣa took birth as the son of Varuṇa and Cārṣaṇi. Devī Jyeṣṭhā, the daughter of Priest Śukra was another wife of Varuṇa. The children of Jyeṣṭhā were Bala, Surā the Suranandinī and Adharmaka the destroyer of the elements. The semen of Varuṇa fell on Valmika (White-ant-hill) from which the great hermit Vālmīki was born. Besides them, Dakṣasāvarṇi, the ninth Manu was the son of Varuṇa. Puṣkara was another son of Varuṇa. The handsome Puṣkara was received as husband by the daughter of Soma (Candra). Vandī, who was defeated by the hermit Aṣṭāvakra at the palace of Janaka was the son of Varuṇa. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 117, Stanza 9; Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Stanza 52; Ādi Parva, Chapter 99, Stanza 5; Vana Parva, Chapter 134, Stanza 24; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 17, Stanza 13; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 46, Stanza 36).