Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1132

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1132

Language: English

c5.1132

DURJAYA I. An absolutely cruel King. Owing to the number of adharmas (evil actions he had committed) Kāla ordained him to be born and reborn twentyone times as various animals and as a Brahmarākṣasa he roamed about forests. One of those days he caught hold of a Śivayogī called Mahādeva whose body was smeared with Vibhūti (the sacred ash), but as soon as the Vibhūti from the body of the Śivayogī got smeared on his body also, Durjaya got his former form and he was lifted upto Svarga. (Śiva Purāṇa, Bhasma Māhātmya).

Previous: c5.1131
Next: c5.1133
Up: c5

Cites (1)

Śivapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit