Śamīka (son of Śūra)

Śamīka

Śamīka is a Yādava king, named among the sons of Śūra and so a brother of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi; the Brahma Purāṇa also calls him the son of Śyāma. Born in the Bhoja line, he ruled the kingdom and performed the rājasūya, and his son was Ajātaśatru.

His family and his rājasūya

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Śūra begot ten heroic sons on Bhojyā. Vasudeva was born first, and Śūra’s other sons were Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Anādhṛshṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavān, Gṛñjama, Śyāma, Śamīka and Gaṇḍūsha.

Of the next generation the text says: Kanavaka had two sons, Tantrija and Tantripāla; Gṛñjama had Vīru and Aśvahanu; and Śamīka, son of Śyāma, ruled the kingdom. Though born in the Bhoja line, he performed the rājasūya (the great royal yajña). He had a son, Ajātaśatru, destroyer of enemies.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14