Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2091
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2091
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2) *Vitala*. This is the abode of Hāṭakeśvara who is none other than Paramaśiva. This god accompanied by Bhavānīdevī and surrounded by pramathagaṇas (prominent demigods who attend on him) and worshipped by devas, presides over this place increasing the prajās created by Brahmā. The semen virile of Pārvatī-Parameśvaras flows there as the river Hāṭakī. The gold named Hāṭaka is what is vomited by the wind-blown Agni after drinking the rasa of that river. The wives of daityas wear ornaments made of this gold.