Manasa the snake goddess — the one who got rejected by every god and still won

Bengali here. Everyone knows Manasa but few outside read the actual Mangalkavya. She's the daughter of Shiva (and sister of Vasuki, the naga king), goddess of snakes, you pray to her so you don't die of snakebite. But the story is bitter, not sweet. Her own father Shiva half-rejected her, the stepmo……