Śala (son of Somadatta)

Śala

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Śala is a prince of the Kuru line, in the branch of Bāhlīka. He was the son of Somadatta and the brother of Bhūriśravas, and he is named among the Kauravas whom Balarāma vowed to destroy when they held Sāmba captive.

His line

The Sūta tells the munis that Pratīpa had three sons: Śantanu, Devāpi and Bāhlīka. “Brāhmaṇas! Hear the line of Bāhlīka.” Bāhlīka’s son was the renowned Somadatta, and Somadatta’s sons were Bhūriśravas and Śala.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

In Balarāma’s vow

Vyāsa tells the munis that Sāmba, son of Jāmbavatī, carried off the daughter of Duryodhana at her svayaṃvara, and the Kauravas fought him, defeated him and bound him. Balarāma went alone to the Kaurava city and asked for his release at the command of Ugrasena, and the Kauravas refused with scornful words. Then Balarāma struck the earth with his heels so that it split, and declared that he would make the earth empty of Kauravas, slaying Karṇa, Duryodhana, Droṇa, Bhīshma, Bāhlika, Duḥśāsana, Bhūriśravas, Somadatta, Śala, Bhīma, Arjuna, Yudhishṭhira, the twins and all the other Kauravas. When he thrust his plough into the base of the city’s rampart and pulled, the Kauravas begged his forgiveness and released Sāmba with his wife.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 208

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 13, 208