related princely families. The episode of Savitri and Satyavan, known in Sanskrit as Savitri Upakhyana or Pativrata Mahatmya Parva, appears as an embedded narrative within the Vana Parva, the third of the epic's eighteen books. Savitri Upakhyana, which spans sections 277 to 283 of Vana Parva, follows Ramopakhyana (episode of Rama).

In the main narrative, Yudhishthira,