Vasudeva

Vasudeva

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

People

• Vasudeva: the Yādava prince of the line of Śūrasena, father of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa and Balarāma, who carried the infant Kṛshṇa across the Yamunā. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa; Mahābhārata, Aśvamedhika Parva; Mahābhārata, Mausala Parva; Mahābhārata, Svargārohaṇa Parva; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
• Vasudeva (son of Akrūra): a son of Akrūra and Ugrasenā of the Vṛshṇi line, a Yādava prince of divine lustre; he is not the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16

See also

• Vāsudeva (Vyūha): Vāsudeva, with a long first ā, the first of the four vyūhas of Bhagavān Vishṇu.