The fated day of Satyavan’s death has arrived and Savitri gets ready well before the sunrise. In that auspicious hour or Mahamuhurta she worships Durga, the Protectress of the World. Then, taking the permission from her parents-in-law, she accompanies her husband to the forest where he has to go for the daily work. Even as they enjoy each other’s company in the happiness of nature, Savitri is at the same time haunted by the foretold doom which will befall on Satyavan when arrives the marked moment. While Satyavan is attending to his job, of cutting the branch of a tree, he suddenly feels exhausted, and there is profuse sweating, as well as intense pain. He comes down from the tree and puts his head in the lap of Savitri. The noon has become dark with the presence of Yama, the God of Death. Savitri knows that Satyavan is there no more now with her.

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