Pṛthivī

Pṛthivī

Pṛthivī is a name used for more than one devī, place and idea in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Bhūdevī: the devī of the Earth, a consort of Bhagavān Vishṇu, called Pṛthivī after King Pṛthu, who made her a cow and milked the crops from her. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapters 17–18; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 18; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 2, 4; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 85

Places

• Pṛthivī (Tīrtha): a tīrtha named in the list of the holy tīrthas and kshetras of the earth, with no place or account of its own. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25

Things and ideas

• Pṛthivī (Element): earth as one of the five mahābhūtas, whose quality is gandha (smell) and whose sense is the nose. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 233, 236–237