Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4483

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3) Attainment of boon. After the destruction of the sacrifice of Dakṣa, the fearful monster Vīrabhadra, began to exterminate the entire creation. Then Śiva appeared and pacified him and said "You shall become a planet in the sky called Aṅgarakṣaka (Bodyguard) or Maṅgala (well being). Everybody will worship you. Those who thus exalt you, will get health, wealth and long life." (Bhāgavata, Skandha 7; Vāyu Purāṇa, 101, 209; Padma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, 24).