[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) › c8.2065 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2065 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2065 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2065](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2065) 6) Pārvatī became Sītā. This happened when Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa along with Sītā were in the forests. One day Sītā went to the Godāvarī river nearby to bring water to the āśrama and she stayed for some time watching two swans playing in the midst of lotuses in the lake there. Hearing a sound she looked into the river and saw Śrī Rāma bathing there. She was surprised. When she left the āśrama Rāma was sitting there. At the same time another thing happened in the āśrama. Śrī Rāma found Sītā coming to him and when he arose to receive her the figure disappeared. Then Śrī Rāma found bathing by Sītādevī also disappeared. When an astonished Sītā reached the āśrama she found an equally astonished Śrī Rāma sitting there. They then told each other their experiences and Śrī Rāma on meditation understood that in the guise of Rāma and Sītā Śiva and Pārvatī had come from Kailāsa to know about the welfare of the princes in exile. - [Previous: c8.2064](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2064) - [Next: c8.2066](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2066) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2065](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2065) · Pramāṇa