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वृद्धकन्या (vRddhakanyA)

 
Mahabharata
English
Vṛddhakanyā (“old virgin”). § 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 51, †2978.--§ 615u (do.): The ṛshi Kuṇi-Garga by penances created a fair daughter from his mind and then went to heaven. She worshipped the Pitṛs and the gods with fasts and practised penances in that solitary forest not wishing to marry, as she did not see a husband worthy of her. When she could no longer move, she set her heart upon departing for the other world. Nārada told her that she had no regions of blessedness to obtain, not having cleansed herself by the rite of marriage. She then went to a concourse of ṛshis, and said that she would give half her penances to him who would accept her hand in marriage. Gālava's son, the ṛshi Prākśṛṅgavat, accepted her hand on condition that he should live with her only one night. On that night she became a young lady of the finest complexion, etc., and Gālava's son became very happy. At morn she said: “he that will, with rapt attention, pass one night in this tīrtha after having gratified the gods with oblations of water, shall obtain the merit of the vow of brahmacarya for 58 years, ” and then she departed for heaven. He soon followed her, moved by sorrow: IX, 52, 3003.
पुराणम्
English
वृद्धकन्या / VṚDDHAKANYĀ. Daughter of the hermit named kuṇigarga. (For further details see under kuṇigarga).