Śūra
Śūra
Śūra is a name used for more than one person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Śūra (Father of Vasudeva): the Yādava king, also called Śūrasena, son of Devamīḍha, father of Vasudeva and of Kuntī, and grandfather of Śrī Kṛshṇa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 14; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Skandha 10; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 226
- Śūra (Son of Kārtavīrya): a Haihaya prince, one of the five sons of Kārtavīryārjuna who survived of his hundred sons. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
- Śūra (Son of Bhajamāna): a Yādava prince of the line of Vṛshṇi, a son of King Bhajamāna and his wife Bāhyakā, daughter of Sṛñjaya. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 15–16
- Śūra (disciple of Mukunda): one of the disciples of the brāhmaṇa Mukunda, born again in a southern brāhmaṇa family as the paṇḍita Bilvamaṅgala, the friend of Akbara. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23