Śūrasena
Śūrasena
Śūrasena is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Places
- Śūrasena: the land around Mathurā, ruled by Citraketu, by the Yādava Śūrasena, by Kaṃsa and, after Śrī Kṛshṇa, by Vajra. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 10, 15; Skandha 6, Chapter 14; Skandha 10, Chapter 1; Skandha 11, Chapter 30
People
- Śūra (Father of Vasudeva): Śūra, also called Śūrasena, the Yādava king of Mathurā, father of Vasudeva and Kuntī and grandfather of Śrī Kṛshṇa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 14; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Skandha 10, Chapters 1–3, 5–6, 45–46, 49, 53–54, 62–63, 82
- Śūrasena of Sahasrākhya-pura: the king of Sahasrākhya-pura who would not enter Gaṇeśa-loka alone, and by the grace of Bhagavān Gaṇeśa his whole city went with him. Gaṇeśa Purāṇa, Upāsanā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 56–58 and 74–76
Named in passing
- Śūrasena, son of Kārtavīryārjuna: one of the five sons of Kārtavīryārjuna who came out alive from the battle with Paraśurāma; told in Kārtavīryārjuna. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 23