Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1982

c8.1982

When the Bhāratayuddha came to an end Dharmaputra performed an aśvamedhayāga. Many prominent persons including Śrī Kṛṣṇa assembled at Hastināpura for this purpose. Vidura received them all. At that time they were informed that Uttarā had delivered a still-born child. Parīkṣit was born when the embryo was only six months old (Śloka 82, Chapter 85, Ādi Parva). Everybody assembled there was sad and depressed when he heard this news. Śrī Kṛṣṇa went in and saw the dead infant. Uttarā wept bitterly and everybody asked Śrī Kṛṣṇa to give life to the infant somehow. Śrī Kṛṣṇa did so and the child was named Parīkṣit remembering the prophetic words of the brāhmaṇa.