पुष्पोत्कटा
[puspotkata] IAST: PUṢPOTKAṬĀ
Mother of कुबेर .
From ब्रह्मा were born two demons हेति and प्रहेति . हेति married भया , daughter of काल and to them was born a son named विद्युत्केश . विद्युत्केश married सालकटङ्का daughter of सन्ध्या and to them was born a son named सुकेश . They abandoned the child in a forest and went away. शिव took care of the child सुकेश who married दैववती daughter of the Gandharva called मणिमय and she delivered three sons named माल्यवान् , सुमाली and माली and all the three started living in the crystal palace built at लङ्का by विश्वकर्मा .
At that time a गन्धर्व woman called नर्मदा delivered three daughters named सुन्दरी , केतुमती and वसुधा . When they came of age सुन्दरी was married to माल्यवान् , केतुमती to सुमाली and वसुधा to माली . माल्यवान् got of सुन्दरी seven demons named वज्रपुष्टि , विरूपाक्ष , दुर्मुख , सुप्तघ्न , यज्ञकेश , मत्त and उन्मत्त and a demoness of name नला . सुमाली got of केतुमती ten sons named प्रहस्त , अकम्पन , विकट , कालकामुख , धूम्राक्ष , दण्ड , सुपार्श्व , संह्राद , प्रक्वात and भासकर्ण and four daughters named वेका , पुष्पोत्कटा , कैकसी and कुम्भीनसी . माली got of वसुधा four sons named अनल , अनिल , अह and सम्पाति .
सुमाली wandered in the forests with his daughters. He gave all the four daughters in marriage to विश्रवस् , son of पुलस्त्य . विश्रवस् got of कैकसी three sons named रावण , कुम्भकर्ण and विभीषण and a daughter named शूर्पणखा . विश्रवस् got of पुष्पोत्कटा a son named वैश्रवण or कुबेर . [mh-3-275-1 ] Chapter 11, Agni Purāṇa • Uttara Rāmāyaṇa
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