Śrīdhara

Śrīdhara · śrī-dhara, “he who bears Śrī”

Śrīdhara is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Vishṇu: Śrīdhara, one of the twelve names of Bhagavān Vishṇu, called on in the first words of the Vāmana Purāṇa and in the nyāsa of the twelve vyūhas. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 1; Agni Purāṇa

People

• King Śrīdhara: a rich king of the Tretā Yuga who had no son; Vyāsa told him the cause, and a son was born to him within a year. Padma Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 5