Raja Ravi Varma painting showing Indrani/Sachi devi being presented to evil Ravana after his son Meghnad defeats Indra and conquers Devloka
INDRANI
Devi Indrani is one of the Saptamatrikas who are considered the seven forms of Devi Shakti.
The seven Saptamatrikas are Brahmi,Indrani,Vaishnavi,Varahi,Chamunda,Maheshwari and Kumari.
Out of these matrikas,Indrani is considered the wife of Lord Indra and daughter of the asura Pulomana(son of Sage Kashyap and Danu).
She is mentioned in Rigveda itself in Mandala 10,Hymn 159 as:-
अ॒हं तद्वि॑द्व॒ला पति॑म॒भ्य॑साक्षि विषास॒हिः ॥ १०.१५९.०१
अ॒हं के॒तुर॒हं मू॒र्धाहमु॒ग्रा वि॒वाच॑नी ।
ममेदनु॒ क्रतुं॒ पतिः॑ सेहा॒नाया॑ उ॒पाच॑रेत् ॥ १०.१५९.०२
मम॑ पु॒त्राः श॑त्रु॒हणोऽथो॑ मे दुहि॒ता वि॒राट् ।
उ॒ताहम॑स्मि संज॒या पत्यौ॑ मे॒ श्लोक॑ उत्त॒मः ॥ १०.१५९.०३
येनेन्द्रो॑ ह॒विषा॑ कृ॒त्व्यभ॑वद्द्यु॒म्न्यु॑त्त॒मः ।
इ॒दं तद॑क्रि देवा असप॒त्ना किला॑भुवम् ॥ १०.१५९.०४
अ॒स॒प॒त्ना स॑पत्न॒घ्नी जय॑न्त्यभि॒भूव॑री ।
आवृ॑क्षम॒न्यासां॒ वर्चो॒ राधो॒ अस्थे॑यसामिव ॥ १०.१५९.०५
सम॑जैषमि॒मा अ॒हं स॒पत्नी॑रभि॒भूव॑री ।
यथा॒हम॒स्य वी॒रस्य॑ वि॒राजा॑नि॒ जन॑स्य च ॥ १०.१५९.०६
Translation:
1. YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.
I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.
2. I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I:
I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.
3. My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen:
I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.
4. Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,-
This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.
5. Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror,
The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.
6. I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives,
That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.
Here “I” is referring to Indrani and she describes that her husband Indra is submissive. Yet she wants him to have all the powers of the Universe. She also describes her 3 sons-Jayanta,Rishabha and Midhusa and her daughter Jayanti.
a 6th century depiction of Indra,Indrani on Airavat,Badami cave temples
WORSHIP AS OSIYA MATAJI
There is an interesting story about the marriage of Sachi(Indrani) and Indra.
Initially Vritra,the Vedic serpent/demon of drought wanted to marry Indrani but Indrani refused to marry him. Vritra was the chief of Pauloma’s army.
He was determined to marry her and so he left her father’s space and worshipped Bholenath. Bholenath gave him some divine powers and also the power of immortality.
Indra considered it a threat to the devas and went to sage Dadhichi to get the powerful weapon called Vajra. He thus killed Vritra with his vajra and married Indrani.
The mandala 6/hymn 17 and hymn 20 describe the battle between Indra and Vritra
अहिं॒ यदिन्द्रो॑ अ॒भ्योह॑सानं॒ नि चि॑द्वि॒श्वायुः॑ श॒यथे॑ ज॒घान॑ ॥ ६.०१७.०९
अध॒ त्वष्टा॑ ते म॒ह उ॑ग्र॒ वज्रं॑ स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिं ववृतच्छ॒ताश्रि॑म् ।
निका॑मम॒रम॑णसं॒ येन॒ नव॑न्त॒महिं॒ सं पि॑णगृजीषिन् ॥ ६.०१७.१०
वर्धा॒न्यं विश्वे॑ म॒रुतः॑ स॒जोषाः॒ पच॑च्छ॒तं म॑हि॒षाँ इ॑न्द्र॒ तुभ्य॑म् ।
पू॒षा विष्णु॒स्त्रीणि॒ सरां॑सि धावन्वृत्र॒हणं॑ मदि॒रमं॒शुम॑स्मै ॥ ६.०१७.११
आ क्षोदो॒ महि॑ वृ॒तं न॒दीनां॒ परि॑ष्ठितमसृज ऊ॒र्मिम॒पाम् ।अहिं॒ यद्वृ॒त्रम॒पो व॑व्रि॒वांसं॒ हन्नृ॑जीषि॒न्विष्णु॑ना सचा॒नः ॥ ६.०२०.०२
तूर्व॒न्नोजी॑यान्त॒वस॒स्तवी॑यान्कृ॒तब्र॒ह्मेन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धम॑हाः ।
Translation:
The weapon used by Indra to slay Vrta is a bolt fashioned by Tvastar. The bolt has a thousand spikes and a hundred edges. In the battle between Indra and Vritra,Indra is also accompanied by Maruts,Pusan and Vishnu.
This story is linked with the Sachchiya mata temple of Rajasthan which was built in the 9th-10th centuries by the Paramara king Upendre.
She is the kuldevi in Rajasthan,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
Some images of the Osian mata temple..