the goddess Savitri

Also known as: Prayer-Maiden / goddess of savitri · Role: goddess · First appears: Book V (Woman's Love) · II. The Tale of Savitri

Life events

In Markandeya's tale, the goddess of savitri appeared before Aswapati and offered him a boon.(Book V (Woman's Love) · II. The Tale of Savitri)
- With: Aswapati
- “Year by year he gathered virtue, rose in merit and in might, Till the goddess of savitri smiled upon his sacred rite, From the fire upon the altar, which a holy radiance flung, In the form of beauteous maiden, goddess of savitri sprung!”
In Markandeya's tale, the goddess promised Aswapati that Swaymbhu would grant him a noble daughter.(Book V (Woman's Love) · II. The Tale of Savitri)
- With: Aswapati Swaymbhu
- “Have thy object,” spake the maiden, “Madra's pious-hearted king, From Swaymbhu, Self-created, blessings unto thee I bring! For HE lists to mortal's prayer springing from a heart like thine, And HE wills,--a noble daughter grace thy famed and royal line!”

protégé: Aswapati “And she spake in gentle accents, blessed the monarch good and brave, Blessed his rites and holy penance and a boon unto him gave:”

Extracted from the original text of Maha-bharata, The Epic of Ancient India. Made with Rho MD.