Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.662

c9.662

2) *At the Suburbs of Mataṅga's hermitage.* Mālinī in tears sought redemption from the curse from her husband, and he told her that she would get absolution from her infamy and the curse from Śrī Rāma. Immediately was transformed into a hunter-woman and she came to the suburbs of Mataṅgāśrama. She took a special liking for the place, the reason being that the flowers in the āśrama possessed a special fragrance. Once while the disciples were carrying a load of flowers for the muni (Mataṅga) a few drops of sweat from their bodies fell on the ground, and the muni blessed that the trees and creepers, which grew up from the sweat and their flowers which would never fade. This is described as follows in Canto 73, Araṇyakāṇḍa of Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.