He married Uttara, the daughter of the king of Virata. She gave birth to a dead child, whom Pritha (Kunti) took up on her lap at the command of Krishna, who said, "I will revive this child of six months.”
स विराटस्य दुहितरमुपयेमे उत्तरां नाम। तस्यामस्य परासुर्गर्भोऽभवत्। तमुत्सङ्गेन प्रतिजग्राह पृथा नियोगात् पुरुषोत्तमस्य वासुदेवस्य, पाण्मासिकं गर्भमहमेनं जीवयिष्यामीति॥