Tushṭi (Wife of Dharma)

Tushṭi, “contentment”

Tushṭi is one of the mothers named as wives of Dharma. In the Navagraha-śānti that Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa teaches Yudhishṭhira, at the abhisheka of the yajamāna, when the havana is finished, four brāhmaṇas bathe him and call on these mothers to come and consecrate him: Kīrti, Lakshmī, Dhṛti, Medhā, Pushṭi, Śraddhā, Kriyā, Mati, Buddhi, Lajjā, Śānti, Pushṭi, Kānti and Tushṭi.

Sources

  • Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 141