Devaśravas

Devaśravas · deva-śravas, “whose fame is divine”

Devaśravas is a son of Śūra of the Yadu line and a younger brother of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi, the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa. The Brahma Purāṇa says that he is called the foremost of the learned. His famous son was Aśmakya.

His family

The Sūta tells the munis the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu. Devamīḍha begot Śūra on Asiknī, and on Bhojyā Śūra begot ten heroic sons. Vasudeva was born first, named Ānakadundubhi, for at his birth the ānaka and dundubhi drums sounded in svarga. After him came Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Anādhṛshṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavān, Gṛñjama, Śyāma, Śamīka and Gaṇḍūsha. Śūra also had five daughters, wives of heroes: Pṛthukīrti, Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī.

Of the brothers, Devabhāga’s son was the great Uddhava. Devaśravas, whom they call the foremost of the learned, obtained a famous son, Aśmakya.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14