Sage Durvasa

Quick Facts

About Sage Durvasa

A fearsome and easily angered sage. Pleased by Kunti's service, he granted her the divine mantra to summon any god.

In Their Words

He was fearsome and was learned in the secret mysteries of dharma.

Sage Durvasa

Traits

• Fearsome
• Ascetic
• Wrathful

Stories Featuring Sage Durvasa

17 tales on this site name Sage Durvasa, in canonical reading order.

• Samudra ManthanThe Churning of the OceanAdi Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Birth of the PrincesChildren of the Gods and the Iron WombAdi Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Curse of the DeerPandu's Fatal Hunt and the End of a KingAdi Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Curse That Killed a KingPandu's Arrow, Kindama's Curse, and the Birth of the PandavasAdi Parva ‧ 23 min
• Karna's Birth & CurseThe Tragic Backstory of the Sun's SonAdi Parva ‧ 21 min
• The King Who Made Fire SickTwelve years of butter and the appetite it ruinedAdi Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Bow Out of the WaterWhat Varuna kept until two men needed itAdi Parva ‧ 16 min
• Pritha, the Given DaughterThe girlhood that forged KuntiAdi Parva
• Draupadi's Trials in ExileThe Sari, the Sage, and a Question to a QueenVana Parva ‧ 24 min
• The Terrible GuestDurvasa and the single grain of riceVana Parva
• The Savitri Mantra of SalutationsBhishma gives Yudhishthira the roll of names to be said at dawnAnushasana Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Names That Cleanse SinAsked what destroys sin, Bhishma answers with a litany of gods, rivers, mountains, sages and kingsAnushasana Parva ‧ 15 min
• The Brahmanas Who Deserve WorshipNarada tells Krishna whom he bows to, and Bhishma tells a king what it costs to forgetAnushasana Parva ‧ 24 min
• The Child Who Stopped Indra's ArmA boy on Uma's lap holds the thunderbolt in the airAnushasana Parva ‧ 16 min
• Durvasa Tests KrishnaThe wrathful sage who found no anger to curse in all of DwarakaAnushasana Parva
• The Night the Dead ReturnedVyasa Calls the Fallen Out of the GangaAshramavasika Parva ‧ 20 min
• Balarama Returns to the SeaThe Serpent Leaves by the Mouth It Came FromMausala Parva ‧ 16 min

Places in Sage Durvasa's Story

Drawn from the stories Sage Durvasa appears in.

• Hastinapurहस्तिनापुर
• Gokulगोकुल
• Mount Mandaraमन्दर पर्वत
• Madra Kingdomमद्र देश
• Mount Shatashringaशतशृङ्ग
• Dvaitavanaद्वैतवन
• Angaअंग
• Kingdom of Kuntibhojaकुन्तिभोज राज्य
• Kamyaka Forestकाम्यक वन
• Dwarakaद्वारका
• Banks of the Yamunaयमुना तट
• Khandava Forestखाण्डव वन

Related Characters

Others counted among the Divine Beings.

• ❉Krishna
• ◭Hanuman
• ❧Kacha
• ≈Goddess Ganga
• ★The Eight Vasus
• ॐSage Vyasa