Shukra
Hindu · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
He is also one of the Navagraha, the planet Venus, and the corpus holds none of the nine. That is a census row rather than a record here: this figure is ingested for his narrative role in the two stories this batch tells, and the graha aspect is not written because the treatments consulted do not treat it. A Navagraha pass is the obvious companion to this lane.
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Devayani: Purāṇa Index: Śukra and JayantīPurāṇa Index, Jayantī 1c, citing Brahmāṇḍa III.72.150,156; III.73.3 and Matsya 47.114–188 (secondary)
Domains
- preceptorship of the asuras
- cursing and boon granting
Relations
- advisor of: MahabaliReciprocal of the in-batch edge on Bali's record.Reference treatment of Sukracharya's warning to Bali about the three steps. (secondary)
- cursed: YayatiIn-batch and directional.Reference treatment: Devayani complained to her father, who cursed Yayati to old age in the prime of life. (secondary)
- spouse: Jayantī, daughter of IndraIndra-family marriage account; no alteration of Shiva-specific portrayals.Purāṇa Index, Jayantī 1c, citing Brahmāṇḍa III.72.150,156; III.73.3 and Matsya 47.114–188 (secondary)
Sources
- Shukra is the guru of the asuras and the father of Devayani, who curses Yayati with premature old age and warns Bali against granting Vamana's three steps.: Reference treatments of Shukracharya, of Yayati and of the Vamana story. (secondary)