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Daughter of the ocean

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Expressions researched:
"daughter of the ocean" |"ocean's daughter"


Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 4

SB 4.24.11, Translation: Mahārāja Barhiṣat—henceforward known as Prācīnabarhi—was ordered by the supreme demigod Lord Brahmā to marry the daughter of the ocean named Śatadruti. Her bodily features were completely beautiful, and she was very young. She was decorated with the proper garments, and when she came into the marriage arena and began circumambulating it, the fire-god Agni became so attracted to her that he desired her company, exactly as he had formerly desired to enjoy Śukī.

SB Canto 8

SB 8.8.19, Purport: The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīdevī, having been generated from the ocean of milk, was the daughter of the ocean.

Correspondence

1969 Correspondence

Letter to Sudama — New Vrindaban 7 June: The ocean is the father-in-law of Visnu, because the Goddess of Fortune, Laksmi, was born by the churning of the ocean. So the Goddess of Fortune, Laksmi, being the daughter of the ocean, the ocean also will help in spreading the glories of the ocean's daughter and son-in-law.

Page Title:Daughter of the ocean
Compiler:Rita, Visnu Murti
Created:04 of Jul, 2008
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=1
No. of Quotes:3