King Parikshit

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King Parikshit is a legendary Kuru monarch in Hindu tradition, renowned as the grandson of Arjuna and the central listener of the teachings narrated in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological figure
Kuru monarch
legendary king
associatedWork Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED
Mahabharata NERFINISHED
birthContext post-Kurukshetra War period
capital Hastinapura NERFINISHED
cursedBy Shringi NERFINISHED
son of sage Shamika
deathCause snakebite
descendantOf Kuru NERFINISHED
Pandu NERFINISHED
devoteeOf Krishna NERFINISHED
durationOfListening seven days
ethnicity Kuru NERFINISHED
fatherOf Janamejaya NERFINISHED
genreOfAccount Puranic literature
grandsonOf Arjuna NERFINISHED
killedBy Takshaka NERFINISHED
kingdom Kuru kingdom NERFINISHED
knownFor being cursed to die by snakebite
being saved in the womb by Krishna
being the primary listener of the Bhagavata Purana
hearing the teachings of Shukadeva
languageOfSources Sanskrit
lineage Pandava lineage
listenedTo Bhagavata Purana recitation
Shukadeva NERFINISHED
memberOf Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED
narrativeRole central listener in the Bhagavata Purana
predecessor Yudhishthira NERFINISHED
protectedBy Krishna NERFINISHED
reasonForCurse disrespecting sage Shamika
region ancient India NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
savedFrom Brahmastra of Ashvatthama NERFINISHED
savedWhile in the womb of Uttara
scripturalSource Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 1 NERFINISHED
Mahabharata, Ashramavasika Parva NERFINISHED
sonOf Abhimanyu NERFINISHED
Uttara NERFINISHED
succeeded Yudhishthira as king of Hastinapura
successor Janamejaya NERFINISHED
title King of Hastinapura
tradition Vaishnavism NERFINISHED
virtue devotion to Krishna
righteous rule

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Bhagavata Purana keyFigure King Parikshit
Bhagavata Purana narratedTo King Parikshit