Dhruva

Dhruva
Polaris
Dhruva as the Pole star, a Pahari painting by Manaku c. 1740
Devanagari	ध्रुव
Affiliation	Devotee of Vishnu
Abode	Dhruvaloka in outer space
Genealogy
Parents	Uttānapāda and Suniti
Spouse	Brāhmī and Ilā
Children	Kalpa and Vatsara (from Brāhmī)[1] Utkala (from Ilā)[2]

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Dhruva (Sanskrit: ध्रुव, IAST: Dhruva, lit. "unshakeable, immovable, or fixed") was an ascetic devotee of Vishnu mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.^[3]

The Sanskrit term dhruva nakshatra (ध्रुव नक्षत्र, "polar star") has been used for Pole Star in the Mahabharata, personified as son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Manu, even though Polaris at the likely period of the recension of the text of the Mahabharata was still several degrees away from the celestial pole.^[4][5]