उर्वसी

बड़ी पहुंच वाली‚ इन्द्र की श्रेष्ठ अप्सरा‚ जो पुरुरवस् की पत्नी बनी थी

English: of wide sweep, indra's famous nymph, who became the wife of pururavas. she is mentioned in the rigveda and at her sight the wemen of mitra and varuna fell down, giving birth to agastya. being cursed by mitra and varuna she became mortal and married pururavas with whom she lived till the expiry of her curse. on her departure to heaven pururavas became sorely afflicted on which indra granted his prayer and urvasi once more was united with him. she bore him a son named ayu and then left him for ever. she was born from the thigh of narayana.