A sage who encountered Lord Matsya, the fish incarnation of Vishnu, and later became the current Manu, Vaivasvata.

a saintly king, a great personality and devotee of Lord N â r â y a n a, who performed penances and austerities only subsisting on water and as a son of the sungod became celebrated as S' r â d d h a d e v a by Lord H a r i being entrusted the position of M a n u (V a i s h v a s v a t a M a n u). He was the one who discovered M a t s y a, the Lord in His fish-incarnation ( 8.24: 10).