Dhruva Vasu · Suvarnaveda

Vasu Named Dhruva

Dhruva Vasu is one of eight divine beings called the Vasus. The Mahabharata names Dhumra as his mother and Dhara as another of her sons. Dhruva’s own son is Kala, personified time. This family setting distinguishes him from the royal devotee Dhruva whose childhood and austerities are told elsewhere.

Original artistic interpretation · Dhruva Vasu

THE LIVING ARCHIVE

About Dhruva Vasu

The epic places the Vasus among the thirty-three gods, alongside the eleven Rudras and twelve Adityas. Here Dhruva is part of a divine company whose members are described by parentage and offspring. His connection with Kala places the passage’s account of time within a family relationship.

AT A GLANCE

Identity & Context

Identity: Deity
Form: Vasu
Tradition: Vedic · Puranic
Also Known As: Dhruva (Vasu)
World & Associations: Celestial sphere

Family & Relationships

ChildKala
Both passages name Kala, time, as Dhruva Vasu’s son.

Family Context

The available reference record does not establish a complete family genealogy. No parents, consorts, or descendants are inferred from the name alone.

Distinct From

Dhruva

Shared or similar name does not establish the same identity.

IN THE TRADITION

Recorded Context

The Father of Time

The Mahabharata calls Kala the destroyer of worlds. The Vishnu Purana also makes Kala Dhruva’s son, but describes time as sustaining or cherishing the world. These descriptions give two sides of time’s cosmic role: the world is maintained through its ordered course, yet also comes to an end through it. They concern Kala, the son, rather than a battle performed by Dhruva.

The Puranic genealogy places the Vasus among the children of Vasu and Dharma, while the epic names their mothers separately. Both accounts retain Dhruva’s membership in the group and his fatherhood of Kala. Keeping the family settings visible makes the brief divine name understandable without importing the other Dhruva’s life.

Story Connections

Vasu lists

ROLE & ESSENCE

Attributes & Significance

Role

Vasu named Dhruva; distinguish the devotee Dhruva at #603.

Attributes & Abilities

Celestial stability symbolism

TRADITION & MEANING

Traditions & Interpretations

From the Sacred Texts

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Mahabharata Vishnu Purana

Artwork & Archive Notes

Objects & Emblems

No named weapon or artifact is specified in this profile’s reference record. This does not establish that the figure never used one.

Visual Identity

Where artwork is shown, it is a contemporary illustrative interpretation. This reference record does not establish a fixed portrait, colour scheme, or complete set of iconographic attributes for this figure.

Tradition Note

The accounts belong to Vedic / Puranic. Genealogy, theological interpretation, and portrayal can differ between texts and regional retellings.

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Described InRigvedaVedic Samhita

Described InVishnu PuranaA Puranic cosmic vision

Characters & Cosmic Entities3

Fellow VasuApa VasuWater-associated Vasu entry

The genealogy names Apa and Dhruva among the Vasus.

ChildKalaCosmic time

Both passages name Kala, time, as Dhruva Vasu’s son.

Fellow Vasu · Shared MotherDhara VasuVasu associated with support or earth in some lists

The Mahabharata names Dhara and Dhruva among the eight Vasus.

Vasu Named Dhruva

Original artistic interpretation · Dhruva Vasu

Identity & Context

Identity

Deity

Form

Vasu

Tradition

Vedic · Puranic

Also Known As

Dhruva (Vasu)

World & Associations

Celestial sphere