Śrīdevī (wife of Vasudeva)
Śrīdevī · śrī-devī
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Śrīdevī was one of the fourteen wives of Vasudeva, the son of Śūra, also called Ānakadundubhi, in the line of the Vṛshṇis. Vasudeva is the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa, who descended to him through Devakī. She is not Devī Śrī, Mahālakshmī, who never leaves Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa.
Among the wives of Vasudeva
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu, down through the Vṛshṇis and the Andhakas to Vasudeva. Then he says, “Now I shall tell the progeny of Vasudeva,” and names his fourteen wives in order: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī. Śrīdevī is the tenth. Vasudeva also had two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā.
The Sūta goes on to tell the sons born to several of these wives: the nine children of the eldest wife, Śrī Kṛshṇa born of Devakī, Bhoja and Vijaya of Śāntidevā, Vṛkadeva and Gada of Sunāmā, and Agāvaha of Vṛkadevī. He names no children of Śrīdevī.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14