Jambavantha cave: It is located in Gujarat state, near the famous pilgrim center 'Dwaraka', on the way to Porbandar city, which is also known as 'Sudhama puri' mythologically. Porbandar city is the birth place of Mahatma Gandhiji.
This cave is in the basement. There is power supply inside the cave. It is cool and pleasant inside the cave. One can notice a painting of Sri Krishna, Jambavathi, Jambavantha holding the Shyamantaka mani in hand. There is a 'Shivalinga' in the corner of the cave which is said to have worshipped by Jambavantha. Jambavantha is very wise and pious devotee of Lord Sri Rama.
Legend:
The marriages of Jambavati and Satyabhama to Krishna are closely linked to the story of Shyamantaka mani, the precious diamond stone which is as mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana. This precious stone originally belonged to the Sun god . Sun god pleased with his devotee the Yadava king, Satrajit, gave him the sparkling diamond as a gift. When Satrajit returned to Krishna's capital Dwarka with the jewel, people mistook him for Sun god because of his dazzling glory. Krishna asked him to present the jewel to Ugrasena, the king of Mathura and Krishna's grandfather. But Satrajit refused to give it.
Subsequently Satrajit presented Syamanthaka mani to his brother Prasena, who was a counsellor. Prasena who wore it, while hunting in the forest was attacked by a lion. He was killed and the lion fled with the jewel. Soon after, the lion who entered Jambavantha's mountain cave abode, was attacked by Jambavantha, who killed it and took the mani. Jambavantha gave it to his young son to play.
Following this incident, it was rumoured that Krishna who had an eye on the Syamantaka jewel, had murdered Prasena and had stolen the jewel. Krishna, who got angry with this false allegation then went out with other Yadavas in search of Prasena, to prove his innocence by finding the jewel. He followed the route that Prasena had taken and discovered the corpse of Prasena. Then they followed the trail of the lion and reached the cave, where the dead lion was lying. Krishna told his army to wait outside and he entered alone. Krishna saw a child playing with the priceless jewel. As Krishna approached Jambavantha's son, the child cried aloud, alerting Jambavantha. The two then engaged in a furious combat for nearly a month or 21 days (as written in the Vishnu Purana). As Jambavantha gradually grew tired, he realized that Krishna was none other than Vishnu, the almighty God with whom he was fighting who was his benefactor Sri Rama in the Treta-yuga. In gratitude and devotion to Krishna who spared his life, Jambavantha gave up his fight and returned the precious stone to Krishna. Jambavantha offered his maiden daughter Jambavati in marriage to Krishna along with the Shyamantaka jewel. Krishna accepted the proposal and married Jambavati. They then moved to Dwaraka.
Meanwhile Krishna's party had returned to kingdom presuming Krishna was dead, every member of the royal family had assembled to mourn his death as he was missing for a month. After returning to Dwaraka, Krishna narrated the story of the recovery of the jewel and his marriage with Jambavati. He then returned the jewel to Satrajit in the presence of Ugrasena. Satrajit felt shy and ashamed to receive it as he had realized his wrong judgement and his greediness. He then offered the precious jewel along with his daughter Satyabhama to Krishna . Krishna married Satyabhama, but refused the gem.
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