[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.494 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.494 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.494 - **Language:** English ### [c5.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.494) (4) Svadhādevī. Wife of the Pitṛs, worshipped by manes and men. Offerings made to the Pitṛs without honouring this Devī will prove to be futile. - [Previous: c5.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.493) - [Next: c5.495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.495) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.494) · Pramāṇa