BHADRĀ I See Bhadrakālī.
BHADRĀ II The beautiful daughter of King Kakṣīvān. She was married to King Vyūṣitāśva of the Pūru dynasty. When Bhadrā, in unbearable grief lamented the death of her husband his soul appeared on the skies and blessed her. Accordingly she got pregnant by the corpse of her husband and delivered six sons.
[Ādi Parva, Chapter 120, Verse 38] .
BHADRĀ III One of the wives of Kubera. Kuntī once related the story of Bhadrā to Pāñcālī and exhorted her to live like Bhadrā.
[Ādi Parva, Chapter 198, Verse 6] .
BHADRĀ IV The word Bhadrā is used as another name of Subhadrā, sister of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in
[Verse 14, Chapter 218 of Ādi Parva] .
BHADRĀ IX One Bhadrā, daughter of Meru was married by King Agnīdhra. She had eight sisters, viz. Meru Devī, Pratirūpā, Ugradamṣṭrī, Latā, Ramyā, Śyāmā, Nārī and Devavītī.
[Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha] .
BHADRĀ V Yet another Bhadrā, daughter of the King of Viśālā is mentioned in Chapter 45 of the Mahābhārata. She did penance for getting the kingdom of Karūṣa, when Śiśupāla, disguised as King Karūṣa appeared on the scene and carried her away.
BHADRĀ VI There is reference to another Bhadrā, daughter of Soma in
[Chapter 154 of the Anuśāsana Parva] . She once did intense penance to secure Utathya as her husband. Atri maharṣi, father of Soma, came to know of the desire of his granddaughter, and got her married to Utathya. Varuṇa once fell in love with Bhadrā, who was an exceptionally beautiful woman, and abducted and concealed her in the sea. When Utathya returned to the Āśrama, his wife was missing. He understood what had happened to Bhadrā by the light of his divine knowledge (television of mind). Burning with anger he drank up the sea completely dry, and Varuṇa shuddering with fear returned Bhadrā to Utathya and profusely apologised. Thus ended the problem.
BHADRĀ VII Verse 24, Chapter 7 of the Mausala Parva, states that Bhadrā, one of the four wives of Vasudeva, father of Śrī Kṛṣṇa died by jumping into the funeral pyre of her husband.
BHADRĀ VIII A daughter of the King of Kāśī. The grandson of Sagara, a king of the Solar dynasty married Bhadrā, daughter of the King of Kāśī.
[Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 96] .