Pauravī (wife of Vasudeva)
Pauravī, “she of the line of Puru”
Bhadrā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bhadrā. Bāhlika has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bāhlika.
Pauravī is the first named of the fourteen wives of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi, the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa. She and her sister Rohiṇī were the daughters of Bāhlika. The Sūta names her in the line of Kroshṭu in the Brahma Purāṇa.
Wife of Vasudeva
Vasudeva had fourteen wives, born in the Puru vaṃśa: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī, and two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā. Pauravī and Rohiṇī were the daughters of Bāhlika. To Vasudeva by Devakī, Śauri (Śrī Kṛshṇa) descended.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14