Śaibyā
Śaibyā, “of the Śibis”
Śaibyā is a name used for more than one queen in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Śaibyā, Queen of Sagara: the second queen of King Sagara, who chose sixty thousand sons. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 106
- Śaibyā, Queen of Kṛshṇa: a queen of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa who entered the funeral fire after he left. Mahābhārata, Mausala Parva, Chapter 7; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 10, Chapter 83
- Śaibyā, Wife of Dyumatsena: the wife of King Dyumatsena and mother of Satyavān. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 293–299
Named in passing
- Śaibyā, wife of Jyāmagha: the wife of King Jyāmagha of the Kroshṭu line, who had no child until her tapas gave them a son, Vidarbha; in the Bhāgavata, Jyāmagha brought home the captured princess Bhojyā and called her Śaibyā’s daughter-in-law, and Vidarbha, born afterwards, married Bhojyā. Told on Jyāmagha and Śaibyā and Jyāmagha. Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapter 70; Vishṇu Purāṇa, Caturthāṃśa, Chapter 12; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 23
- Śaibya, wife of Śatadhavān: the queen of King Śatadhavān, who followed him through seven births as an animal until he was freed, told on Śatadhavān and Śaibya. Vishṇu Purāṇa, Tṛtīyāṃśa, Chapter 18