He ruled for a short period before dying heirless or being dethroned, after which the Vaghela dynasty assumed control of the kingdom.
Tribhuvanapala's inscription records a grant to Vedagarbharashi, who had been appointed as a trustee of a Shaivite monastery by Bhima.
The occasion was a spring festival procession of Kumarapaleshvara ("Lord of Kumarapala") at Devapattana (modern Prabhas Patan or Somnath).
The festival was probably held to celebrate the restoration of a Shiva temple commissioned by the earlier king Kumarapala.
The Vaghela generals Lavanaprasada and Viradhavala had become powerful during the reign of his predecessor Bhima II.