He is the youngest son of King Yayati and Sharmishtha,[1] and one of ancestors of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
[2] In the nineteenth chapter of book nine of the Bhagavata Purana, Puru is described as having four brothers; Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, and Anu.
[3] Afterwards, Yayati takes back his curse and makes Puru his heir, though he is the youngest of them all.
[5] Puru's dynasty becomes the Puruvamsha, which was later renamed as Kuruvamsha, to which the Pandavas and the Kauravas belong.
[3] Another Puru is mentioned as a king in the Rigveda and as the father of Adityas, married to Aditi, living and ruling over an area of the Sarasvati river.