Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sarana included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Sāraṇa
General information.
A Kṣatriya of the Yadu clan. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 218, Verse 17, that he was the son of Vasudeva by Devakī and the brother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Subhadrā.
Other details.
(i) This Sāraṇa was one of those who took the dowry to Hastināpura at the marriage of Arjuna and Subhadrā. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 32).
(ii) Sāraṇa shone in the court of Yudhiṣṭhira: (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 30).
(iii) Sāraṇa participated in the Rājasūya sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 15).
(iv) When Śrī Krṣṇa went to Hastināpura from Dvārakā to take part in the horse-sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira, Sāraṇa also accompanied him. (Mahābhārata Aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 4).
(v) Sāraṇa was the foremost of those who disguised Samba the son of Jāmbavatī as a woman, and abused the hermits. (Mahābhārata Mausala Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 15).