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Harivamsha Purana
Then, after that, Pradyumna, like another Lakshmi, married the girl and in Dwaraka, he began to enjoy her with delightful pleasures. ||13|| Shambhu was very clever in gambling. One day, in front of everyone, he won all of Subhanu's wealth in gambling and distributed it to everyone. ||14|| Shambhu won Subhanu's son in a game with many birds who spoke in different languages. In a gathering of Krishna's followers, there was a debate about the use of fragrances, in which Shambhu again defeated Subhanu's son. ||15|| Once, he won Subhanu's son in a gathering of Krishna by obtaining two divine garments purified in fire and divine ornaments. ||16|| Once, he defeated Subhanu's son by showing his strength, and Krishna was very happy. Krishna asked him for a boon, and he received a month's reign, during which he performed many wicked deeds. ||17|| Krishna, who was filled with love and anger, punished the wicked Shambhu. One day, Shambhu, taking the form of a girl, got into the chariot and entered Satyabhama's lap. ||18|| Satyabhama thought that this girl was brought for her son Subhanu, so she married her to Subhanu. But after the marriage, Shambhu revealed his true form in front of everyone. ||19|| In one night, he performed the auspicious bath ceremony for marriage with a hundred girls and made his mother Jambavati very happy. ||20|| At that time, hundreds of sons of Satyabhama and other queens, who were as famous as Indra, also married many girls and enjoyed themselves as they pleased. ||21|| One day, Shambhu went to the house of his respected grandfather Vasudeva and, after paying his respects, said playfully, "O venerable one! You traveled the earth for a long time, enduring hardships, and only then did you obtain the worshipful and beautiful daughters of the Vidyadharas. But I, sitting at home, without any hardship, married a hundred girls in one night. Look at the difference between us." ||22-24|| Hearing this, Vasudeva said, "My son! You are like an arrow, driven by another (Pradyumna), and where is your movement? Only in the house. That is why there is a great difference between us." ||25||