पुष्करमालिनी

{ puṣkaramālinī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PUṢKARAMĀLINĪ   A very virtuous woman. She was the wife of a sage named Satya who lived on alms in the country of Vidarbha. Because she was very strict and perfect in the observance of vratas she became lean but pure. She was very obedient to her husband and she made her own dress out of peacock feathers gathered from forests. Puṣkaramālinī was against sacrificing cows in yajñas. [Chapter 246, Śānti Parva] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

पुष्करमालिनी n.  एक धर्मचारिणी स्त्री, जो विदर्भ देश में ‘उंच्छवृत्ति’ से रहनेवाले सत्य नामक ऋषि की पत्नी थी । महाभारत में, इसके नाम के लिये ‘पुष्कर-चालिनी’, एवं ‘पुष्करधारिणी’, पाठभेद उपलब्ध हैं । अत्यंत व्रतस्थ होने के कारण, यह ‘कृशतनु’ एवं पवित्र बन गयी थी । यह पति के कथनानुसार आचरण करती थी, एवं वन में सहजरुप ये प्राप्त मोरपंखो से बना हुआ वस्त्रा धारण करती थी । पशुयज्ञ से इसे सख्त नफरत थी [म.शां.२६४.६] ।