Satyavan Savitri Katha
The oldest known version of the story of Savitri and Satyavan is found in Vana Parva (“The Book of the Forest”) of the Mahabharata. The story occurs as a multiply-embedded narrative in the Mahabharata as told by sage Markandeya. When Yudhishthira asks Markandeya whether there has ever been a woman whose devotion matched Draupadi’s, Markandeya replies by relating this story.