[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) › c9.3435 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3435 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3435 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3435) UGRAKARMĀ I. King of Śālva. Bhīmasena killed him. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Verse 41). UGRAKARMĀ II. Military Chief of the Kekaya prince, Viśoka. Karṇa killed him. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 8, Verses 4, 5). UGRARAVAS. A muni. He killed one Duṣpaṇya (Setumāhātmya). Duṣpaṇya was the last son of a merchant in Pāṭaliputra. He killed many children for sport and his father sent him away. He went to the forest and there drowned to death a muni called Ugraravas, who was engaged in tapas. Ugraravas cursed him to death by drowning and his soul to wander about as a devil. The curse came true. (Setumāhātmya). UGRASENA I. King Ugrasena, father of Kaṃsa. 1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu thus: Brahmā-Atri-Candra-Budha-Purūravas- Āyus - Nahuṣa - Yayāti-Yadu-Sahasrajit-Śatajit-Hehaya-Dharma-Kunti-(Kuṇi)-Bhadrasena - Dhanaka - Kṛtavirya - Kārttavīryārjuna-Madhu-Vṛṣṇi-Yudhājit-Śini - Satyaka - Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)-Yaya-Kuṇi-Anamitra- Pṛśni-Citraratha-Kukūra Vahni - Vilomā - Kapotalomā - Tumburu - Dundubhi-Daridra-Vasu-Nāhuka-Ahuka-Ugrasena-Kaṃsa. 2) Ugrasena became king. Ugrasena became king of Mathurāpurī. His Kingship was not a hereditary acquisition. There is a story behind it. In olden days, in the plateau of Kālindī there was a famous place called Madhuvana. The place was called so because it was the abode of an Asura named Madhu. Madhu had a son, Lavaṇa. Śatrughna killed him as he was a very troublesome fellow and a thorn on the side of the Devas. Śatrughna then established a beautiful kingdom there and ruled it. He named it Mathurā. After the death of Śatrughna his two sons ruled Mathurā. Then, when the Solar dynasty came to its end, Mathurā came under the Yādavas. A Yādava king called Śūrasena ruled over the kingdom. Vasudeva, father of Śrī Kṛṣṇa was the son of Śūrasena. After the death of his father Vasudeva took up the profession of herding cows, and therefore Ugrasena, another king of the Yādava dynasty had to become king of Mathurā. (Devī Bhāgavata, 4th Skandha). 3) Ugrasena and Kaṃsa. There is a common belief that Kaṃsa was the son of Ugrasena. But, the Bhāgavata relates the following to the effect that Kaṃsa was born to a Gandharva called Dramila of Ugrasena's wife. When once Ugrasena's wife was in her monthly periods, she walked in the forest with her companions. A Gandharva called Dramila saw her then, felt attracted by her and made her pregnant. Angered at this, she cursed Dramila thus: "Since you have procreated a son in me, while I am in my periods this son will be killed by a boy born in my husband's family." Kaṃsa was the son born to her in the above manner. Kaṃsa ascended the throne after putting Ugrasena in prison. According to the curse of Ugrasena's wife, Śrī Kṛṣṇa was born in Ugrasena's family and he killed Kaṃsa. Nārada had informed Kaṃsa of the Dramila interlude. Kaṃsa told this story secretly to Akrūra when the latter was deputed by him to invite Kṛṣṇa to the dhanur yajña. (Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha). The name Ahuka. Genealogy states that Ugrasena was the son of Ahuka. But, in certain contexts Ugrasena is called Ahuka also. "Afterwards we made Ahuka-Ugrasena King......" (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 128, Verse 39). - [Previous: c9.3434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3434) - [Next: c9.3436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3436) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3435) · Pramāṇa