Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.895

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Brahmadatta, King of Sālva, had two wives. No children were born to them for several years. Brahmadatta’s minister, Mitrasaha, also had no children. Mitrasaha was a brahmin and a scholar. On his advice, Brahmadatta, with his wives, went to Kailāsa and performed tapas to please Śiva to get children. As a result of ten years’ rigorous tapas Śiva was pleased and blessed him that two sons would be born to him. Later his wives gave birth to two sons. The son of the eldest queen was named Haṁsa and that of the second queen was named Dibhaka. At this time a son was also born to Mitrasaha, the minister by the blessing of Viṣṇu. That child was named Janārdana.