As the assembly was gathered, Savitri, filled with wrath, pronounced her powerful curses upon the gods. She turned first to Śakra, the mighty Indra, and foretold his downfall: “When you stand amidst battle, O Śakra, your enemies will bind you and drag you into misery. Bereft of strength and destitute, you will dwell in the city of your foes, suffering a humiliating defeat. Yet, your release will come before long.” Her gaze then shifted to Viṣṇu. Addressing him, Savitri declared, “When you are born as a mortal, as decreed by Bhṛgu, you will endure the sorrow of separation from your wife. Your beloved will be taken by your enemy across the vast ocean. Later, born in the Yadu lineage as Krishna, you will find yourself in servitude among animals, wandering for many years.” Savitri’s anger did not spare Rudra either. She recounted how, when Rudra was present in the Daru forest, the sages, enraged by his actions, cursed him: “O Kapalika, lowly one! Because you covet our wives, your proud organ will fall to the earth today.” Deprived of his manhood and afflicted by the curse, Rudra’s wife would stand at the gate of the Ganga, seeking to console him in his misery. Turning to Agni, Savitri spoke, “O Agni, you who consume all things, you were once created by my son Bhṛgu, who is ever devoted to dharma. How can I, who was burned, now burn others?” She prophesied that Rudra would flood Agni with his seed, causing Agni’s tongue of flame to blaze even more fiercely among impure things. Savitri’s ire extended to the Brahmins and all officiating priests. She cursed them, saying, “For the sake of accepting gifts and fire-offerings, you will wander the forests in vain, driven by greed to frequent holy places and fields. Though you are satisfied with others’ food, you will find no satisfaction in your own homes. By performing sacrifices for the unworthy and accepting disgraceful gifts, your wealth and expenditures will be wasted. You will become like the dead among the dead—there is no doubt.” Thus, Savitri cursed Indra, Vishnu, Rudra, Agni, Brahma, and all the Brahmins, her wrath consuming the entire assembly. Having delivered her curses, she departed, journeying to the sacred Pushkara. There, Lakshmi, the virtuous wife of Śakra, approached Savitri with her beautiful face and spoke to the gathered women: “I will not remain in this assembly; I will go where I hear no sound.” At her words, all the women returned to their homes, but Savitri, still angered, prepared to curse them as well. “Because these divine women have abandoned me and departed, I, greatly enraged, will also curse them.” She declared, “Lakshmi will never dwell in one place; she will be fickle, of wavering mind, and will reside among the foolish. Among Mlecchas, Parvati’s followers, the base, the impure, the cursed, and the wicked, Lakshmi will dwell by the effect of my curse.” She then cursed Indrani, the wife of Indra, saying, “When Indra, stained by the sin of killing a Brahmin, is seized and his wife suffers misery, and when Nahusha usurps the kingdom, Indrani will seek you and beg for help. How will this foolish woman not approach me, who am Indra? If I do not obtain Shachi, I will destroy all the gods. Then, terrified and lost, distressed in the house of the lord of speech, you will dwell in misery, proud one, by my curse.” At that time, all the wives of the gods were cursed, and none would find joy in children. Burning day and night, reviled as barren, even Gauri suffered Savitri’s curse. Yet, Gauri’s suffering moved Vishnu. Seeing her weeping, Vishnu consoled her: “Do not weep, wide-eyed one; come here, ever auspicious lady. Enter the assembly, give the girdle and the linen garment, accept the vow, and I bow to the feet of Brahma for you.” But Gauri refused, saying, “I will not do your bidding. I will go where I do not hear any sound.” Having spoken, she ascended and stood upon a mountain nearby, while Vishnu stood before her, hands joined in reverence. Vishnu praised her with supreme devotion: “She who is everywhere, present in all beings, manifest in all directions—whatever exists, manifest or unmanifest, is not seen without you. Yet, in these places, she is to be seen by those who seek accomplishment. She is to be remembered by those desiring the earth; Savitri, named Pushkara, is the foremost of holy places. In Varanasi, she is Vishalakshi; in Naimisha, she bears the linga; in Prayaga, she is Lalita Devi; in Gandhamadana, she is Kamuka. In Manasa, she is Kumuda; in the sky, Vishvakaya; in Gomanta, Gomati; in Mandara, she wanders at will. In Chaitraratha, she is Madotkata; in Jayanti, in Hastinapura; in Kanyakubja, she is Gauri; in Amba, on the Malaya mountain. In Ekamra, she is Kirtimati; in Vishva, Vishveshvari; in Karnika, Puruhasti; in Kedara, she gives the path. She is Nanda on the Himalaya slopes; in Gokarna, Bhadrakali; in Sthanu Ishvara, Bhavani; in Bilvaka, Bilvapatrika. On Shri Shaila, she is Madhavi Devi; in Bhadrabhadra Ishvara, Bhadra; in Varaha Shaila, Jaya; in Kamalalaya, Kamala.” Thus, Vishnu extolled her divine presence in all sacred places, honoring her as the supreme goddess, revered and manifest throughout the world.