Balabhadra

Balabhadra

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

Devatās

• Balarāma: Balabhadra, a name of Balarāma, the elder brother of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, the son of Vasudeva and Rohiṇī and an aṃśa of Ādiśesha, who is called Balabhadra all through the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 5; Skandha 10, Chapters 1–2; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 12, 15; Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa, Vishṇu Parva, Chapters 1, 2; Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Gadā Parva, Chapters 35–60
• Balabhadra: the elder brother of Jagannātha, the white dāru mūrti (form of sacred wood) at Purushottama Kshetra, the form of Ādi Śesha linked with the Ṛgveda. Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Purushottama Kshetra Māhātmya, Chapters 19, 25, 27–29, 33

Named in passing

• Balabhadra the mountain: one of the seven boundary mountains of the varshas of Śāka Dvīpa, told on Śāka Dvīpa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 20