Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4460

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VIPRTHU. A Kṣatriya of Vṛṣṇi dynasty. The following information is available about him in Mahābhārata.
(i) Viprthu was present at the Svayaṃvara marriage of Draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 18).
(ii) He participated in the festival conducted on the mountain Raivata. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 10).
(iii) Viprthu was a member of the group of Yādavas who took the dowry to Hastināpura in the marriage between Arjuna and Subhadrā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Stanza 32).
(iv) Viprthu stayed in the Palace of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 30).