Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1923

c9.1923

It was this river-basin that King Janaka selected as the place for sacrifice. Being kept in this holy place, the ashes of the body of Devavatī in the box mingled with her spirit and was taking shape into a child. When the place was ploughed for preparing the spot of sacrifice, for Janaka, this golden box was discovered. The child which was inside the box, was taken home and brought up by the king who named her Sītā. It was the portion of this Sītā herself that took birth next as Pāñcālī. (Devī Bhāgavata, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa)