Vasundharā
Vasundharā
Vasundharā is a name used for more than one being 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, whom the Bhavishya Purāṇa knows also as Dharaṇī, Pṛthivī, Bhūmi, Vasundharā and Medinī. Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapter 8; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 97; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3, 8, 12, 16–17; Skandha 2, Chapters 4–5, 7; Skandha 3, Chapters 2–3, 5, 13, 18, 20, 26–27, 29; Skandha 4, Chapters 7, 14–19, 21–23, 28; Skandha 5, Chapters 8, 15, 18, 24–25; Skandha 6, Chapters 1, 7, 9; Skandha 8, Chapters 7–8, 16, 18, 20; Skandha 10, Chapters 1–2, 30, 35, 39, 59; Skandha 11, Chapters 1, 7, 11, 24; Skandha 12, Chapter 3; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa; Devī Bhāgavata; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 6, 60; Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 7–9, 13, 21–22; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 12, 18, 21, 33–34, 40–41, 47, 49, 64, 66, 94, 167, 194, 201, 268, 272, 291, 363; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 31; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 6, 9; Bhāga 2, Chapters 17–21; Bhāga 3, Chapters 1–13; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3; Uttara Parva, Chapters 13–14, 83, 104, 115–116, 123, 141, 161, 165, 194, 198–199; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 2, 4, 60, 176, 179–181, 202, 210, 212–213, 221, 228, 240; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 3, 10, 13, 16, 18, 38–39, 43, 56, 67, 71, 85
People
- Vasundharā (daughter of Śvaphalka): the beautiful daughter of Śvaphalka of the Vṛshṇi line and sister of Akrūra, who married Viśrutāśva and became his chief queen. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16