देवद्युति

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

DEVADYUTI : A Ṛṣi who dwelt in his āśrama on the banks of river Śarasvatī. Owing to the blessing of Viṣṇu a son called Sumitra was born to him. As a result of his doing rigorous tapas for 1000 years he shone with a rare effulgence. Though Viṣṇu appeared to him one day in the month of Vaiśākha and asked him to choose any boon he wanted, he, who was so much detached in life prayed only for devotion to God. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 212).


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*1st word in right half of page 209 (+offset) in original book.