Pushṭi
Pushṭi
Pushṭi is a name used for more than one devī and river in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Pushṭi Devī: the Devī who stands on the left of Bhagavān Vāsudeva in his dhyāna, with Bhagavatī Kamalā on his right. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapter 1
- Pushṭi (wife of Dharma): one of the mothers named as wives of Dharma, called on at the abhisheka of the Graha-yajña. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 141
Places
- Pushṭi (River): one of the rivers that joined the Gautamī for the sake of Soma at the devas’ yajña on Devagiri. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 35
Named in passing
- Pushṭi, the devī of nourishment: one of the nine devīs who served Soma, told in The Birth of Soma (Brahma Purāṇa); one of the devīs who stood about the altar at the wedding of Śiva and Pārvatī, told in Śiva-Pārvatī Wedding in the Brahma Purāṇa; and among those who adorned Daksha’s yajña, told in Daksha Yajña (Brahma Purāṇa). Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 9; Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 2–3, 39