[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.52 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.52 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.52 - **Language:** English ### [c5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.52) (1) Once Durvāsas, the son of Atri, went to Jambūnada and meditated with the mantra or spell of ‘Māyābīja’ and worshipped Jagadambikā (mother of the world) the goddess there. The goddess was much pleased and gave him as a token of her pleasure the garland of flowers she wore from which nectar was oozing. Durvāsas wore it on his head and went to the palace of Dakṣa, the Prajāpati. When he saw such a wonderful garland which was not of this world, he wanted to have it and Durvāsas instantly gave it to Dakṣa. He placed it in a prominent place in his bedroom and enjoying the wonderful fragrance of it he conjugated with his wife, and polluted that pure garland by his lust. Śiva and his wife came to know of this and they scolded Dakṣa, who kept this bitterness in his heart and when the sacrifice was performed, he decided not to invite them. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 7). - [Previous: c5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.51) - [Next: c5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.53) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.52) · Pramāṇa