Padm─Бvat─л is the protective goddess or shashan devi of Parshvanatha, twenty-third Jain tirthankara complimenting Parshwa yaksha, the sashan dev.[1] There is another pair of souls of a nag and nagin which was saved by Parshwanath while being burnt alive in a log of wood by the tapas kamath, who became indra(dharnendra in particular)and padmavati (different from sashan devi) after their death.[2] According to the tradition, Padmavati and her husband Dharanendraprotected Lord Parshvanatha when he was harassed by Meghmali.[3][4]