राक्षससत्र

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

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

RĀKṢASAYAJÑA (RĀKṢASASATRA) : Parāśara Muni once conducted a yajña to annihilate the Rākṣasas altogether. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 180). The provocation for Parāśara to conduct the yajña was that a Rākṣasa called Kalmāṣapāda ate Śakti, the father of the muni and the son of Vasiṣṭha. When the yajña had reached its climax Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu went to Parāśara and held conciliatory talks with him, and Parāśara, ended the yajña. The Agni that he had made to devour the Rākṣasas was discarded on the slopes of the Himā- layas. According to the Purāṇas that fire, even to this day, continues consuming the Rākṣasas, trees and rocks. (For details see under Kalmāṣapāda and Parāśara).


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*1st word in right half of page 629 (+offset) in original book.