A wife of Daksha, son of Brahma. Daksha first created a lot of beings from his mind. When they proved futile for furthering his race, he had to rethink this and finally decided to marry Askini, daughter of Prajapati Virana. As per the Bhagavata Shashthaskanda Askini was given to him by Vishnu when he was meditating in the Vindhyas. Five thousand Haryashvas were born to Daksha and Askini. They too wanted to continue the race, Narada told them that they were too young and hadn’t even seen the world. He asked them that though they could roam freely, why had they never bothered to see the ends of the world. On hearing this, the Haryashvas set out, but never came back.

Askini then gave birth to six thousand Shabalashvas. They too were misled by Narada, and never came back. Daksha was angered and cursed Narada. Askini then gave birth to sixty girls. He married 10 of them to Dharma, 13 to Kashyapa,  27 to Soma, 4 to Arishtanemi, 2 to bahuputra, 2 to Angiras, and 2 to Krishashva. Dharma’s wives were Arundhati, Vasu, Yami, Lamba, Bhanu, Marutvati, Sankalpa, Muhurtha, Sadhya, Vishwa. Vishwa gave birth to the Vishwadevas, Sadhya to Sadhyas, Vasu to Vasus, Marutvati to the Marutas, Bhanu to Bhanus, Muhurtha to Devas. From Lamba was born Ghosha and from Yama was born Nagaveedhi as per Vishnupurana Ansh 1 Chapter 15 and Bhagavata Shashthaskanda.