Urvaśī

Urvaśī

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

People

• Urvaśī: the most famous of the apsarās of Svarga, born from the thigh of Nārāyaṇa Muni, wife of King Purūravas, who laid a śāpa on Arjuna. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 45–46; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandhas 2, 6, 9, 11, 12; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 6–7; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 219, 274, 360; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 42, 121; Uttara Parva, Chapters 118, 147; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 9–10, 32, 41, 178, 228; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 31, 77, 81, 101

Places

• Urvaśī Tīrtha (Gautamī): the tīrtha on the Gautamī, also called Śāmbhava, Vaishṇava and Kaitava, where Maheśvara and Bhagavān Vishṇu dwell, of the account of the emperor Pramati, who won Urvaśī from Indra at dice. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 101
• Urvaśī Tīrtha (Tīrtha List): a tīrtha named in the first part of the Brahma Purāṇa’s list of the holy tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25

See also

• Aurvaśī Tīrtha: another tīrtha of the same list, with a name that only looks alike. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25