Sukumari

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Sukumari (सुकुमारी) was the princess of Kekaya mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.90.45). Sukumari River (सुकुमारी) is mentioned in Vishnu Purana (2,4,65).

Variants

• Sukumari River सुकुमारी (AS, p.971)
• Sukumārī (सुकुमारी)

History

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

Sukumārī (सुकुमारी).—One of the seven major rivers in Śākadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 86. Śākadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Medhātithi, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Sukumārī (सुकुमारी).—A river in the Śāka Island. This river is famous in the Purāṇas. (Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 3).

2) Sukumārī (सुकुमारी).—Daughter of King Sṛñjaya. This Sukumārī was a wife of Nārada. (See under Parvata, Para 2).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Sukumārī (सुकुमारी).—A river of Śākadvīpa.*

1b) A R. from Śuktimanta.*

In Mahabharata

Sukumari (सुकुमारी) in Mahabharata (I.90.45)

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 90 gives History and family tree of Puru, Bharatas and Pandavas commencing from Daksha. Sukumari (सुकुमारी) is mentioned in Mahabharata (I.90.45).....And Bhimasena married Sukumari, the princess of Kekaya and begat upon her Paryasravas whose son was Pratipa.

सुकुमारी नदी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...1. सुकुमारी (AS, p.971) : 'नद्यश्चात्र महापुण्याः, सर्वपापभयापहाः, सुकुमारी कुमारी च नलिनी धेनुका च या, इक्षुश्च वेणुका चैव गभस्ती सप्तमी तथा, अन्याश्च शतशस्तत्र क्षुद्रनद्यो महामुने'--विष्णु पुराण 2,4,65-66. इस उद्धरण से विदित होता है कि सुकुमारी शाकद्वीप की सप्त महानदियों में से है. [दे. सुकुमार (2)]

2. सुकुमारी (AS, p.971) = कुमारी नदी (मत्स्या पुराण 113)

References

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