Uttaraa

Quick Facts

About Uttaraa

Princess of Matsya, daughter of Virata and wife of Abhimanyu. Widowed at sixteen when Abhimanyu fell in the Chakravyuha, she carried the last hope of the Kuru line - her unborn son Parikshit, slain in the womb by Ashwatthama's weapon and resurrected by Krishna.

In Their Words

My son is all that remains of all that was lost.

Uttaraa

Traits

• Gentle
• Grieving
• Resilient
• Mother of Kings

Story Appearances

• Eighteen Days of DestructionWidowed bearer of the Kuru heir❧ 31 min
• The Horse SacrificeMother of Parikshit❧ 23 min

Stories Featuring Uttaraa

20 further tales on this site name Uttaraa, in canonical reading order.

• The Wedding at UpaplavyaAbhimanyu and UttaraaVirata Parva
• The Hands Marked With CornsA night in the kitchen, and everything she had not saidVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Pyre and the Uprooted TreeA hundred and five kinsmen and one bound womanVirata Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Sleep Weapon and the Robes for the DollsSix great warriors disarmed, and a promise kept to some girlsVirata Parva ‧ 17 min
• Five Men on the ThronesThe morning the servants stopped pretendingVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• Sudeshna of MatsyaThe queen between her brother and her maidVirata Parva
• Brihannala, the Dancer in the Guarded QuartersArjuna's year in disguiseVirata Parva
• The Choice at DwarakaTen crore soldiers on one side of the bed, one unarmed man on the otherUdyoga Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Price of ShelterVirata, the old king who gave everythingBhishma Parva
• The Women in the TentSubhadra, Draupadi and Uttaraa on the night Abhimanyu diedDrona Parva ‧ 17 min
• What Krishna Told His CharioteerThe night Krishna decided to break his own vowDrona Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Silent CampArjuna comes back at dusk from the samsaptakas and learns that Abhimanyu is deadDrona Parva ‧ 17 min
• Portents Before the Fourteenth DayThe night the sky and the rivers answered Arjuna's vow, and the morning ritual of a kingDrona Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Lament of the WomenStri Parva - The Field of WidowsStri Parva
• Gandhari Shows Krishna the FieldWith the sight Vyasa gave her, the blindfolded queen walks Krishna through the dead of KurukshetraStri Parva ‧ 21 min
• What Gandhari SawThe blind queen, given sight for one afternoon, walks Kurukshetra naming the dead of both armiesStri Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Revival of ParikshitThe Act of TruthAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 6 min
• The News Krishna Held BackA grandfather is spared until his daughter refuses itAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min
• Uttaraa, Mother of the Last HeirA girl's widowhood and a dynasty's threadAshvamedhika Parva
• The Court Comes to the ForestAn Army Marches Out to Visit Two Old AsceticsAshramavasika Parva ‧ 18 min

Character Arc

1. 1The WidowLoses Abhimanyu at sixteen
2. 2The MiracleKrishna revives her stillborn son

Key Relationships

• Husband➝Abhimanyu
• Father➝Virata
• Savior of her son➝Krishna

Places in Uttaraa's Story

Drawn from the stories Uttaraa appears in.

• Hastinapurहस्तिनापुर
• Upaplavyaउपप्लव्य
• Kurukshetraकुरुक्षेत्र
• Virataविराट
• Forest Hermitageवन आश्रम
• Yamunaयमुना
• Dwarakaद्वारका
• Pandava Campपाण्डव शिविर
• Indraprasthaइंद्रप्रस्थ
• Syamantapanchakaस्यमंतपंचक

Related Characters

Others counted among the Pandavas.

• ❈Yudhishthira
• ⛏︎Bhima
• ◎Arjuna
• ✧Nakula
• ❧Sahadeva
• ✶Draupadi