Satyavatī
Satyavatī
Satyavatī is a name used for more than one woman in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Satyavatī: the ferryman-king’s daughter, also called Matsyagandhā and Yojanagandhā, mother of Veda Vyāsa and queen of Śantanu. Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skanda 2, Chapters 1–5; Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skanda 1, Chapters 17–20; Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapters 99–108; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 13, 278; Umā Saṃhitā, Chapter 44; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3–4, 6; Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 3, Chapter 5; Skandha 9, Chapter 22; Skandha 12, Chapter 6
- Satyavatī, Daughter of Gādhi: the daughter of King Gādhi, wife of Ṛcīka and mother of Jamadagni, who in her later life became the sacred river Kauśikī. Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapters 3–4; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapter 66; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 278; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapters 15–16
Named in passing
- Satyavatī at Kṛshṇa‘s leaving: one of the women who lost consciousness when Śrī Kṛshṇa left Hastināpura; the text does not say who she is. Told in Kṛshṇa’s Return to Dvārakā. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 10