Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4701

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VIŚVĀCĪ. A celestial maid. She is one of the prominent celestial maids such as Urvaśī and others. Once King Yayāti played with Viśvācī. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Stanza 65, that Viśvācī had attended the birth festival of Arjuna and sang some songs. Her duty is to stay in the palace of Kubera and serve him. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Stanza 11).