Hindu religious traditions
Uttanapadaउत्तानपाद
Dhruva’s father
Uttanapada, son of Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa, is the father of Dhruva in the Bhagavata Purana.
STORY & TRADITION
The world of Uttanapada.
Uttanapada is a king in the Bhagavata Purana’s account of the descendants of Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa. His wives Suniti and Suruchi, and the treatment of the child Dhruva, shape the opening of Dhruva’s devotional journey. Suruchi’s rejection and the king’s failure to intervene prompt the child to leave the palace. Narada advises the anxious king while Dhruva undertakes spiritual practice. The account subsequently describes the child’s return and Uttanapada’s response. Read the family conflict and its resolution as part of the specific Bhagavata narrative, rather than importing an unsupported martial power story. His roster position is an editorial classification; his narrative importance concerns kingship, family responsibility and Dhruva’s devotion.
Characters & Cosmic Entities
Details & context.
- Tradition dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Parents
- Svayambhuva Manu; Shatarupa
- Children
- Dhruva; Uttama
- Sibling
- Priyavrata
- Religious role
- King and father in Dhruva’s devotional narrative.
- Powers & martial feats
- No independent supernatural combat claim made.
- Sources
- Bhagavata Purana 4.8–9.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected worlds.
7 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Characters & Cosmic Entities6
READ THE SOURCES
Texts & references.
Bhagavata Purana — Uttanapada and Dhruva
4.8–9.
Vaishnava · Translations and numbering vary by edition. Separate the primary text from its commentary.Reference overview. Consult the identified text and passage; unestablished fields are explicitly marked.