Shiteyus

THE LIVING ARCHIVE

About Shiteyus

His ancestry leads back through Tamas and Prithushravas to Shashavindu. The family belongs to the line of Kroshtu, Yadu’s son, rather than to the separate Haihaya branch. Ushanas, Shiteyus’s father, is the royal figure in this succession and not the Asura teacher Shukra.

AT A GLANCE

Identity & Context

Identity: King
Form: Kroshtu Branch of the Yadavas
Tradition: Puranic Royal Genealogy

Family & Relationships

ParentUshanas
Ushanas is the parent of Shiteyus in this account.
ChildRukmakavacha
Shiteyus is the parent of Rukmakavacha in this account.

IN THE TRADITION

Recorded Context

Family and Wider Context

Rukmakavacha’s son Paravrit has five named sons, including Jyamagha. The account gives Jyamagha’s marriage to Shaivya and the birth of Vidarbha a fuller narrative. When the king returns from battle with a young woman, his explanation to his childless queen becomes a promise concerning their future son. That later household episode lies beyond Shiteyus’s own generation.

ROLE & ESSENCE

Attributes & Significance

The succession places Shiteyus among the older ancestors of Vidarbha’s royal houses. It also distinguishes inherited family history from an individual biography: the horse sacrifices concern Ushanas, while the later marriage story centers on Jyamagha and Shaivya. Shiteyus belongs to the generations connecting those households.

Role

Shiteyus is the son of Ushanas and the father of Rukmakavacha in the Yadava succession. He follows the king credited with a hundred horse sacrifices and precedes the family in which Jyamagha is born.

TRADITION & MEANING

Traditions & Interpretations

The selected passage chiefly records his parentage and succession. No separate battle, boon or distinctive weapon is supplied for Shiteyus by that mention.