Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1337

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ŠARAṆA I.
1) 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.
2) Other details.
(i) This Śaraṇa was one of those who took the dowry to Hastināpura at the marriage of Arjuna and Subhadrā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 32).
(ii) Śaraṇa shone in the court of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 30).
(iii) Śaraṇa participated in the Rājasūya sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 15).
(iv) When Śrī Kṛṣṇa went to Hastināpura from Dvārakā to take part in the horse-sacrifice of Yudhi-