Prithvi

Earth goddess, all-bearing mother, paired in the Veda with the sky Dyaus

Domains

• earth
• fertility

Powers

• Bear and sustain all creatures upon her surface
• Forms with the sky-father Dyaus the world-parent pair that engenders and upholds all beings

Epithets

• भूदेवी devanagari · Bhūdevī'The Earth Goddess'Viṣṇu Purāṇa; Śrī Vaiṣṇava liturgy (primary)
• वसुन्धरा devanagari · Vasundharā'Bearer of wealth / the all-bearing earth'Mahābhārata; Purāṇic usage (primary)
• धरा devanagari · Dharā'The Supporter / She who bears'Atharvaveda 12.1 (Pṛthivī Sūkta) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Rigveda (Dyāvāpṛthivī hymns) (primary); Atharvaveda 12.1 (primary)