Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2846

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(3) Kṛtyā against Ambarīṣa. Ambarīṣa once began the Ekādaśī Vrata and the Devas deputed Durvāsas to obstruct it somehow or other. Durvāsas came to Ambarīṣa, who requested him to return after bath. But, though the vrata was over the sage did not return and Ambarīṣa fed the Devas with the offerings (havis). Immediately after that Durvāsas returned and complained that he was given was the left-overs of the havis. By means of black art he created a Kṛtyā, who charged against Ambarīṣa's throat. Ambarīṣa prayed and the Sudarśana Cakra of Viṣṇu appeared and killed the Kṛtyā and drove Durvāsas round the three worlds. At last the sage sought refuge with Ambarīṣa himself and thus saved himself. (Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha).