Vasudeva
Hindu · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Yadava prince, father of Krishna and Balarama, husband of Devaki and Rohini
Children
Domains
- kingship
Powers
- Bears the infant Krishna across the flooding Yamuna to safety as his chains fall away
Relations
- spouse: DevakiReciprocal of hindu_devaki.spouse — Mother of Krishna, imprisoned by her brother Kamsa; wife of Vasudeva.Bhagavata Purana 10.1 (Vasudeva weds Devaki; their eighth son is Krishna) (primary)
- spouse: RohiniYadava prince; senior wife Rohini, mother of Balarama. His bond to Devaki and fatherhood of Krishna are carried by those parties.Bhagavata Purana 10.2 (Rohini, senior wife of Vasudeva, to whom Balarama's embryo is transferred) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Bhagavata Purana 10 (primary); Mahabharata (primary)