Anasūyā

Anasūyā was a daughter of the sage Kardama and of Devahūti, and the wife of the seer Atri. With him she saw the three lords of the gods, Brahmā the creator, Viṣṇu and Śiva, come together to their hermitage, and she bore the three sons born of their portions. When a faithful wife's word stopped the sun and the world lay ten nights in darkness, the gods came to Anasūyā, and she brought back the day. In a time of drought she made roots and fruits grow and the Gaṅgā flow. When Rāma, the prince of Ayodhyā, came to the hermitage in the fourteen years he lived in the forest to keep his father's word, she took his wife Sītā into her care, heard from her the story of the breaking of the bow, and sent her back to Rāma dressed in gifts that would never fade.