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Why was Rudrani born as Devi Sati and Parvati?
I’m assuming Rudrani=Sati/Parvati for the purposes of the question.
Lord Rudra emerges from the forehead of Brahmaji and takes on 11 names and places (Ekadasha Rudra). Here Brahmaji also gives these ...
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Is dakhsa daughter lakshmi mata the same mata lakshmi who is lord vishnu wife
The daughter of dakhsha lakshmi maa who is married to dharma.Is she the same lakshmi maa who is Lord vishnu wife?
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Full context of the story from the verse 1.35.1, Atharvaveda
As per Atharvaveda 1.35.1:
यदाबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत्ते बद्नाम्यायुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥१॥
हे आयु की कामना करने वाले मनुष्य ! श्रेष्ठ विचार वाले दक्षगो...
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Any one answer this question [closed]
Can any one answer this question?
Reconciling the Kalpa Bheda between Devi Sati and Devi Parvati taking basis from the Puranas, including Srimad Bhagavata Purana
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Dakṣa’s illicit relations with his daughter
In Daksha yagna chapter translation of Skanda Purana, the footnote says:
The legend of destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice is mentioned in the Śatapatha and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas. But the cause was Dakṣa’...
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Does the Satapatha Brahmana actually discuss Shiva and the Daksha Yajna?
There is an incident described in the Śatapatha Brahmana 1.7.4, where the devatas get angry with a certain behaviour of Prajāpati, and consequently Lord Shiva punishes him. The more one reads this ...
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Who is god Kala and who was the king released by Lord Shiva from god Kala?
In Skanda Purana Kedara Khanda Chapter 1, There is a mention of a god named Kala who was burnt down and thereafter a king was released.
16-18. Blessed are they, noble-souled are they, who always ...
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Reconciling the Kalpa Bheda between Devi Sati and Devi Parvati taking basis from the Puranas, including Srimad Bhagavata Purana
According to the Skanda Purana, Dēvī Sati was born in the previous Kalpa (Pitri Kalpa) before the present Śvetavārāha Kalpa and after self-immolation was reborn as Goddess Pārvatī near the end of the ...
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What is the story about Marisha daughter of Maharishi Kandu?
I believe Bhagvata Purana has the story on it. It goes something like Indra being afraid of Maharishi Kandu's tapasya ends up sending apsara Pralochana to seduce him. Kandu and Pralochana end up ...
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Which yajna was performed by Prajapati Daksha?
Which yajna was it which was performed by Prajapati Daksha in which he didn't invite Lord Shiva and suffered with consecutive events ?
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What is the relation of Aditi and Daksha?
Recently I ended up with a Facebook post from Molee Art
Daksha is Aditi's father, and Aditi is Daksha's mother, yet both are a married couple in the Vedas. Explain why and how.
But this part ...
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Apparently good yagnya by Daksha
The author of popular Lingashtakam stotram extolled Shiva as destroyer of Yagnya conducted by Daksha (father in-law) describing it as suyagna that is contradiction in its very terms.
Can we explain ...
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