The feminic natured Shukra is a Brahminical planet. The Devi-Bhagavata Purana refers to his mother as Kavyamata. He acquired this rare science from Lord Shiva, who was known as Conqueror of Death. Shukracharya became famous for his ability to resurrect people. Shukra was known to be more knowledgeable than Brihaspati. When they were young, Shukra and Brihaspati studied under the same guru, Sage Angirasa, who also happened to be Brihaspati's father. He was one of the sons of sage Bhrigu and his wife Khyati and thus the grandson of Lord Brahma. he holds a stick, beads and a lotus and sometimes a bow and arrow. He is described variously as mounted on a camel, horse or crocodile. Śukra, the Sanskrit for "brightness, clearness", is the name of the son of Bhṛgu and preceptor of the Daityas and the guru of the Asuras, identified with the planet Venus, one of the Navagrahas. One of his descendants was sage Jamadagni, who in turn was the father of sage Parashurama, considered an avatar of Vishnu. The sage Chyavana is also said to be his son with Puloma, as is the folk hero Mrikanda. He had one more son with Kavyamata (Usana), who is better known than Bhrigu himself – Shukra, learned sage and guru of the asuras. They also had two sons named Dhata and Vidhata. She is more popularly known as the Daughter of Prajapati Daksha.
He was married to Khyati, one of the nine daughters of sage Kardama. As per Skanda Purana, Bhrigu migrated to Bhrigukutch, modern Bharuch on the banks of the Narmada river in Gujarat, leaving his son Chyavana at Dhosi Hill. Along with Manu, Bhrigu had made important contributions to Manusmriti, which was constituted out of a sermon to a congregation of saints in the state of Brahmavarta, after the great floods in this area, nearly 10,000 years ago. Bhrigu had his Ashram (Hermitage) on the Vadhusar River, a tributary of the Drishadwati River near Dhosi Hill in the Vedic state of Brahmavarta, presently on the border of Haryana and Rajasthan in India. According to Manusmriti, Bhrigu was a compatriot of and lived during the time of Manu, the Hindu progenitor of humanity. The adjectival form of the name, Bhargava, is used to refer to the descendants and the school of Bhrigu. The first compiler of predictive astrology, and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, the astrological (Jyotish) classic, Bhrigu is considered a Manasa Putra ("mind-born-son") of Brahma. Maharishi Bhrigu (Sanskrit: Bhṛgu) was one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of Creation) created by Brahma. Upon seeing the humility of the God, Bhrigu leared the answer that he had been seeking for so long. Immediately he started pressing the sage's feet, asking him if he had hurt his feet in kicking his hard chest. Brighu called to him many times, but could not wake him up. However when he reached Vaikunta, the abode of Vishnu, he saw that the god was fast asleep. He first visited Brahma and Shiva, both of whom, when they leared of his quest, sought to impress him with their power. In a popular tale involving Bhrigu, once he participated in a debate concerning who among the divine trinity Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma is greater. According to popular tradition, only about a hundredth of these horoscopes have survived to this age. This treatise is said to contain over 5 million horoscopes, in which he wrote down the fate of every being in the universe.
The sage Chyavana is also said to be his son.īhrigu is credited as the father of Hindu astrology and the first astrological treatise Bhrigu Samhita is attributed to his authorship. He has one more son, who is better known than Bhrigu himself - Shukra. According to some traditions, Laxmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu is said to be his daughter. He has two sons by her, named Dhata and Vidhata. He is married to Khyati, the daughter of Daksha. His father is Brahma, who simply wished him into existence, to assist in the process of creation. He is a ManasaPutra (wish-born-son) of Lord Brahma. Bhrigu was one of the seven great sages, the SaptaRishis.