Narada

The sage Narada once went to visit Priyavrata and Priyavrata welcomed him with all due respect. He had several questions to ask the sage.

After he had obtained the answers to these questions, Priyavrata said, “Please tell me about some strange and wonderful event.”

“Something rather wonderful has occurred recently”, replied Narada. “In the region known as Shvetadvipa, there is a lovely lake. When I went to visit the lake, I discovered that the lake was abloom with lotus flowers and a beautiful woman stood silently beside those flowers.”

“Who are you?” Narada asked the woman.

The woman did not reply, she merely gave Narada a mysterious look. Three luminous entities now manifested themselves from the woman’s body. And as Narada stood and marvelled, they vanished.

“Who are you?” Narada asked again.