Ucchaishrava (उच्चैःश्रवस्)
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Ucchaishrava (Samskrit : उच्चैःश्रवस्) was the horse Indra got from churning of Ksirabdhi (ocean of milk) (M.B. Adi Parva, Chapter 18 and Visnu Purana, Part 1, Chapter 9).
Vachaspatyam
उच्चैःश्रवस् त्रि० उच्चैरुन्नतं श्रवोऽस्य । १ उन्नतकर्णे समुद्रजाते श्वेतवर्णे इन्द्रस्य वाहनभूते सप्तमुखे २ अश्वभेदे पु० ।
- अस्य चोत्पत्तिकथा यथा “तत उच्च्यैःश्रवानाम हयोऽभूच्चन्द्रपाण्डरः” भाग० ७ स्क० ७ अ० ।
- “गृहीतोऽश्वः सप्तमुखस्त्वया नृप बलात् किलेति” भागवतोक्तेरस्य सप्तमुखत्वम् ।
- “धन्वन्तरिस्तथा मद्यं श्रोर्देवी कौस्तभोमणिः । शशाङ्को विमलश्चापि समुत्तस्थुः समन्ततः । उच्चैःश्रवा हयोरम्यः पीयूषं तदनन्तरमिति” हरिवं० २२० अ० ।
- “उच्चैरुच्चैःश्रवास्तेन हयरत्नमहारि च” कुमा० । “उच्चैःश्रवाजलनिधेरिव जातमात्रः” “न चित्रमुच्चैःश्रवसः पदक्रमम्” माघः । “उच्चैःश्रवमश्वानाम्” गीतोक्तेः भगवद्विभूतित्वमस्य ।
- “उच्चैःश्रवःसुतानश्वान् बलादप्यानयद्दिवः” हरि० १४५ अ० “दिशांगजसुतान्नागान् हयांश्चोच्चैःश्रवोऽन्वयान्” हरि० १५६ अ० अस्य वा विसर्गस्य शत्वे उच्चैश्श्रवा अप्यत्र । अस्य पृषो० अदन्तत्वमपि ।
- “उच्चैःश्रवससंज्ञं तत् प्रणिपत्य समर्पितम्” देवीमा० ।
- उच्चैरुन्नतं शब्दं शृणोति श्रु--असुन् । ३ बधिरे त्रि० ।
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हरिवंशपुराणम्/पर्व २ (विष्णुपर्व)/अध्यायः १०९ samudra manthan slokas
स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः २ (वैष्णवखण्डः)/कार्तिकमासमाहात्म्यम्/अध्यायः ०८ treasure of samudra manthan and tulasi origin
स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः ४ (काशीखण्डः)/अध्यायः ०५० Story of vinata and kadruva
King of all horses
In the history of Bharata the period of Prthu's rule is considered a golden period. When Prthu became the emperor, Brahma divided the universe into several kingdoms and made a separate ruler for each of them. Soma was appointed King of the stars, planets, brahmins, plants, yajnas and austerities. He appointed Kubera as the lord of Kings, Varuna as the lord of all waters, Visnu, as the lord of all adityas and Pavaka as the lord of all Vasus. Daksa was given lordship over prajapatis, Indra over maruts, and Prahlada over all daityas and danavas. Yama, the Dharmaraja was made lord of the manes. Airavata was made King of all elephants and Garuda King of all birds. Ucchaishrava was made King of all horses and Vrsabha of all cattle. The lion was made King of all beasts and Himavan the lord of all immovable things. Kapila became chief of all sages and the tiger the leader of all beasts with nails and snouts. Plaksa was made the King of all trees. After distributing kingdoms thus, Brahma appointed Dikpalakas (guardians of the zones). In the east he posted Sudhanva, son of Vairajaprajapati, in the south he posted Sankhapada son of Kardamaprajapati, in the west he put Ketuman, son of Rajas and in the north Hiranyaroma. Thus Brahma organised a universe with suitable emperors to control and supervise. (Chapter 22, Am'a 1, Visnu Purana). (Page 609-610, Puranic Encyclopedia - Vettam Maṇi)