Parīkshit
Parīkshit
Parīkshit is a name used for more than one king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
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- Parīkshit: the grandson of Arjuna and son of Abhimanyu, saved in the womb by Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, who heard the Bhāgavatam from Śuka. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 1st Skanda, Chapters 7–8, 12, 16–19; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 12th Skanda, Chapters 5–6; Vishṇu Purāṇa, Chaturdhāmsa, Chapter 20
- Parīkshit of the Ikshvāku Line: a king of Ayodhyā who married Suśobhanā, daughter of the frog king Āyus, and lost her when he broke his promise about water. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 192