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The Woman the Goddess Chose Instead of a Queen

A goddess wanted to give her most generous blessing to someone with no rank at all, so she picked an ordinary woman who simply never stopped showing up for her family.

A goddess once wanted a gift for every home, and not just for kings. This is the tale the Skanda Purana tells. It is the tale of how she found the right one.

The question Parvati asked

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