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Bhishmaka (), also called Hiranyaroman, is the king of In . He is the father of , the chief wife of and an incarnation of the goddess .

(1987). 9788120601222, Asian Educational Services. .
(2002). 9789171497840, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. .
(1998). 9788170209638, Laurier Books, Limited. .


Legend

Skanda Purana
The describes Bhishmaka to be a wealthy and powerful monarch. At the time of the birth of Rukmini, the text describes a celestial voice instructing him to marry his daughter to a four-armed one () who had been born on earth. After eight years, he betroths his daughter to upon the insistence of the latter's father, Damaghosha, who tells him that Caturbhujā was an epithet of his son. His daughter Rukmini was against marriage and wished to marry her childhood love Krishna and send letter to him to take her away from her marriage. Krishna and are invited to her marriage ceremony by Bhishmaka, upon which Krishna elopes with his daughter and gets marriage like she wished.


Harivamsha
In the , when the king Bhishmaka's eldest son chooses to marry his sister Rukmini off to suitors through a ceremony, the king opposes Rukmi's decision, regarding it to be bad conduct on his part. When the king grants an audience to Krishna, he begs the god's forgiveness for this folly, upon which the latter agrees with his opinion, revealing that the bride was in fact Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. He assures the king that this was no sin on his part. Bhishmaka offers many exultations of Krishna before the god's departure.

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