King Shava was the adopted father of

Bahuka Bahuka may refer to: * Bahu (Bahuka), a king of the Solar dynasty founded by the legendary Indian king Ikshvaku * Bahuka (Nala), a character from the Mahābhārata who temporarily bore the name "Bahuka" * Bahuk ''Bahuk'' ( gu, બાહુક) ...

, as mentioned in the

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruk ...

. He had multiple wives and mistresses, and according to folktale he had 1301 children. He married his youngest wife after she was rejected by his son Bahuka. He loved his youngest queen the most because they both had similar low, gruffy voices. In some accounts they spoke with the same voice. He stood eight feet tall and had multi-colored hair.

References

*Acharya Chandrashekhar Shastri: ''Puranon ki anmol kahaniyan'', Characters in Hindu mythology {{Hindu-myth-stub