शम्भु

{ śambhu }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A King of the Bharata dynasty. He was one of the eighty sons of Ugrasena. [Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha] .
ŚAMBHU I   Dhruva's wife. The couple had two sons called Śiṣṭi and Bhavya. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 13] .
ŚAMBHU II   Grandson of Tvaṣṭā, son of Kaśyapa by Surabhi. Tvaṣṭā had a son called Viśvarūpa who begot fourteen sons of whom Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardī, Raivata, Mṛgavyādha, Sarpa and Kapālī these eleven sons of Viśvarūpa form the Ekādaśarudras. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 18] .
ŚAMBHU III   One of the three sons of Ambarīṣa, the other two being Virūpa and Ketumān. [Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha] . Śambhu never tasted meat in his life. [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115, Verse 66] .
ŚAMBHU IV   A Rākṣasa, the son of Vidyujjihva by Śūrpaṇakhā. Śambhu, who was engaged in tapas in Daṇḍaka forest when Śrī Rāma visited the forest was attracted by the beauty of Sītā and transformed himself into a tree to enjoy her beauty with his eyes. Lakṣmaṇa, who was felling down trees to build an āśrama felled this tree also, which disappeared immediately leaving behind the dead body of a Rākṣasa. It was the corpse of the Rākṣasa and Rāma comforted Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa by revealing the fact to them. [Kamba Rāmāyaṇa. Araṇyakāṇḍa] . Uttara Rāmāyaṇa contains a story of how Devavatī (or Vedavatī) daughter of Kuśadhvaja once cursed Śambhu. Devavatī was born from the mouth of Kuśadhvaja (son of Bṛhaspati) while he was learning the Vedas. Śambhu wanted to marry the child when she was grown up, but Kuśadhvaja did not consent to it, and Śambhu, in retaliation, killed Kuśadhvaja in his sleep. Next morning Devavatī awoke from sleep to see the dead body of her father. She cursed Śambhu. Her curse was a contributory cause for the death of Śambhu by Lakṣmaṇa.
ŚAMBHU V   An agni, which occupies a status equal to that of a brahmin well-versed in the Vedas. [Vana Parva, Chapter 221, Verse 5] .
ŚAMBHU VI   A son born to Śrī Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇīdevī. [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 33] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : शंकर, ब्रह्मा, शंभु, शंभु

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : शङ्कर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शम्—भु    a See शम्भु, p.1055.

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शम् भु

शम्भु  mfn.  b mfn. being or existing for happiness or welfare, granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent, helpful, kind, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
शम्भु  m.  m. N. of शिव, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
of ब्रह्मा, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of a partic. अग्नि, [MBh.]
of विष्णु, [L.]
of a son of विष्णु, [MBh.]
of इन्द्र in the 10th मन्वन्तर, [BhP.]
of one of the 11 रुद्रs, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]
of a king of the दैत्यs, [R.]
of an अर्हत्, [L.]
of a सिद्ध, [L.]
शन्कु   of a king, [MBh.] ( v.l.)
of a son of शुक, [Hariv.]
of a son of अम्बरीष, [BhP.]
भट्ट   (also with ) of various authors and other men, [Cat.]
a kind of Asclepias, [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
शम्भु  f.  f. N. of the wife of ध्रुव, [Hariv.]; [VP.]
शम्भु    c for शम्-भु॑, शम्-भू॑ &c. See cols. 1, 2.

Shabda-Sagara

शम्भु  m.  ( -म्भुः)
1. ŚIVA.
2. BRAHMĀ.
3. A Jaina sanctified teacher. 4. A Siddha, a demi-divine being.
5. A sage, a venerable man.
6. A kind of Asclepias.
E. शम् auspicious particle, भू to be, डु aff.

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शम् भू डु