[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) › c9.999 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.999 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.999 - **Language:** English ### [c9.999](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.999) SĀMBA I. The son born to Śrī Kṛṣṇa by his wife Jāmbavatī. 1) Birth. A story about the birth of Sāmba, occurs in Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 4, as follows : Children were born to Rukmiṇī and the other wives of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. But Jāmbavatī alone did not give birth to children. Jāmbavatī was filled with sadness when she saw the children of her co-wives. One day she went to the presence of Kṛṣṇa and requested him to give her a son like Pradyumna. Hearing this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa went to the mountain where the hermit Upamanyu did penance and making the hermit his teacher, according to his advice, did penance before Paramaśiva. He did penance for the period of a month holding a skull and a hermit's rod. He did penance in the second month, standing only on one leg and drinking water alone. In the third month Kṛṣṇa did penance standing on the toes using only air as food. When the penance was continued for six months in this state, Paramaśiva appeared as Sāmba (Ardhanārīśvara) and asked what boon he wanted. Śrī Kṛṣṇa expressed his wish. Śiva said that Jāmbavatī would get a son. Soon Jāmbavatī gave birth to a son. The child was named Sāmba. - [Previous: c9.998](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.998) - [Next: c9.1000](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1000) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.999](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.999) · Pramāṇa