Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1366.1

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1) General information. It occurs in Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 9, about Jaratkāru, the sister of Vāsuki and the wife of hermit Jaratkāru as follows. This devī (goddess) is the daughter of Prajāpati Kaśyapa, born from his mind. So she got the name Manasādevī (goddess born from mind). Some think that she got the name Manasādevī because she is the deity of mind. There are some who imagine that she got the name Manasādevī because she held Śrī Kṛṣṇa Paramātman (the Supreme Spirit) firmly in her mind. This devī had been meditating upon Śrī Kṛṣṇa Paramātmā for three yugas (world-ages). She is known by twelve names. (1) Jaratkāru. Manasādevī had been performing penance, and meditating upon Śrī Kṛṣṇa Paramātmā for three complete yugas and her garments and body were worn out. So Kṛṣṇa gave her the name Jaratkāru. (2) Jagadgaurī. Because she was comely and beautiful and of fair complexion and was worshipped all over the world, she got the name Jagadgaurī. (3) Manasā. Because she was born from the mind of Kaśyapa, the name ‘Manasā’ was given to her. (4) Siddhayoginī. As the fruits of her Tapas (penance), she got the attainments of Yoga (meditation, devotion, contemplation and other ways of union with the Universal Soul) and so she was given the name Siddhayoginī. (5) Vaiṣṇavī. Because she had constant devotion to Mahāviṣṇu she was called Vaiṣṇavī. (6) Nāgabhaginī. Because she was the sister of Vāsuki the King of the Nāgas, she got the name Nāgabhaginī. (Sister of Nāga).