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Puranic encyclopaedia

by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222

This page describes the Story of Prithudara included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).

Story of Pṛthūdara

A celebrated ۲ṣa. This ۲ṣa got a daughter named ܻ峾ī. Her father took her to different mountains to entertain her. One day while she was playing with her companion Kapiśabhrū she met a Yaksaputra named ṭṭ. They fell in love and ܻ峾ī’s father agreed to their marriage and fixed it. After fixing the marriage Pṛthūdara took his daughter to his house. Next day her companion Kapiśabhrū came to ܻ峾ī in a sorrowful mood and when she asked her the reason she said "Friend, how am I to report to you this sad news. On my way to you I passed through a garden named Citrasthala in the valley of the ᾱⲹ. To have some sport with the love-stricken ṭṭ his friends staged a drama in which ṭṭ was made Vaiśravaṇarāja and his brother Dīptaśikha, ū, and the rest, his ministers. They were thus acting and enjoying when ū himself came that way and seeing his servant ṭṭ in the robes and form of his father was angry and calling ṭṭ to his side said: "A servant like you is ambitious of becoming a king. Let this ambition be the cause of your downfall. You will be born as man." ṭṭ was shocked and he craved pardon "Oh Lord, I did this only for some entertainment. I did not do it with any desire for a big position. Pardon me for my mistake. ū then by his divine power understood everything and taking pity on him consoled him and said "She with whom you are in love will be your wife in your life as man. Your brother Dīptaśikha will then be born as your son. Both of you will then be released from the curse. Dīptaśikha after ruling the country for some time will also be free from this curse." ṭṭ and Dīptaśikha soon disappeared by the power of the curse.

ṭṭ was born as king of Trigartta in the name of Pavitradhara and ܻ峾ī became his wife. A son was born to them named Dīptaśikha and as soon as he was born the parents were released from the curse and entered heaven. (Śaśāṅkavatīlambaka, ٳٲ岵, ղṅg 6).

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