माद्री who was the second wife of पाण्डु was a daughter of the King of मद्र . She was the sister of शल्य . नकुल and सहदेव took birth from माद्री . पाण्डु expired when he embraced his wife माद्री . It was because of a curse of the hermit किन्दम . माद्री ended her life in the pyre with her husband. (For further details see under the word PĀṆḌU).