Shachi
Shachi is the wife of Indra in Indian religious literature. According to Skanda Purana, she is the mother of Devasena.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dānaveghasa Asuras, Kālakañjakas, Pahārāda, Bali, Kharakaṇṭha, Shashthi, Indrani, Paulomi, Aditi, Narakasura, Shukra, Devayani, Urjjasvati, Ganesha, Parvati, Ashokasundari, Devayanai, Śiva, Rahu, Vishnu, Daksha, Kārtikeya, Valli, Ashura
- enemy of
- Satyabhama, Krishna
- child of
- Vepacitti
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Skanda Purana considers her as the daughter of Indra and his wife Shachi.”
#11970 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He married a gandharva maiden who gave birth to Shachi. Shachi later married Śakra, making Vemacitrin the king of the deva's father-in-law.”
#21971 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Devasena is described as a daughter of the king of the gods, Indra, and his wife, Shachi or at least the adopted daughter of Indra.”
#30485 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She is the daughter of Indra, the king of the devas and the ruler of Svarga, and his consort, Shachi.”
#30864 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Puranas attest that Shachi owned the Parijata tree (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), which was one of the jewels emerging from the Samudra Manthan (the churning of the ocean). In the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, the god Krishna and his wife Satyabhama visited Amaravati to return the earrings of Indra's mother Aditi”
#30946 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001