[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1627 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1627 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1627 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1627](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1627) PADMĀVATĪ V. Daughter of Satyaketu, King of Vidarbha. Ugrasena married her. After marriage she went and stayed once in her father's house for a short period. During that time through illegal intimacy with a messenger from Kubera named Gobhila she became pregnant. She started to destroy the foetus when from inside a voice said "I am being born to wreak vengeance on Mahāviṣṇu for killing Kālanemi." The son born thus was Kaṃsa. (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.1626](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1626) - [Next: c8.1628](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1628) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1627](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1627) · Pramāṇa