Suprabha

Suprabha

Suprabha, and Suprabhā with the long ā, name 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.

People

• Suprabhā (wife of Bhara): the beautiful and famed wife of Bhara, son of King Ārshṭisheṇa, named in the account of Devatīrtha on the Gautamī. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 57
• Suprabhā, Daughter of Vadānya: the daughter of the ṛshi Vadānya, the unmatched maiden whom Ashṭāvakra married after his journey to the north. Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapters 19, 21

Places

• Suprabha (Śālmala-dvīpa): the last of the seven varshas of Śālmala-dvīpa and of its seven varsha mountains, named after a son of its ruler Vapushmān. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20
• Suprabha (Tīrtha): a holy tīrtha named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s great list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25

Named in passing

• Suprabha, the gandharva: a gandharva of Kubera‘s realm, the father of the gandharva maiden Candrikā, told on Candrikā, Daughter of Suprabha. Padma Purāṇa, Svarga Khaṇḍa, Chapters 22–23