Satyavan Savitri Katha - Summary
The oldest known version of the story of Savitri and Satyavan is found in Vana Parva (“The Book of the Forest”) of the Mahabharata. The story occurs as a multiply-embedded narrative in the Mahabharata as told by sage Markandeya. When Yudhishthira asks Markandeya whether there has ever been a woman whose devotion matched Draupadi’s, Markandeya replies by relating this story.