Śambhu
Śambhu, “the source of well-being”
Śambhu 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
- Śiva: Śambhu is one of the names of Bhagavān Śiva, the first of the devatās marked in the maṇḍala. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 1–2; Uttara Parva, Chapter 208
- Ekādaśa Rudra: Śambhu is one of the eleven Rudras. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 125
- Brahmā: the Bhavishya Purāṇa says that the paṇḍitas call Brahmā also Śambhu. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 2
People
- Śambhu of Kāñcī: the brāhmaṇa of Kāñcī who made the journey to Ayodhyā for the Caitra snāna and became the means of moksha for a chain of beings. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Manohara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 11
Named in passing
- Śambhu, disciple of Mukunda: one of the twenty disciples, reborn as Haripriya, told on Mukunda Brāhmaṇa and His Twenty Disciples. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23