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Podcast: Śivadyuti (शिवद्युति)
Episode: Rudra saṁhitā, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 19—Friendship of Śiva and Kubera
Description: Brahmā said, “In the kalpa called Pādma, I created my mental son Pulastya, whose son Viśravas begot the son Vaiśravaṇa. He propitiated the three-eyed God Śiva with a very severe penance and enjoyed the city of Alakā built by Viśvakṛt. When that kalpa was over and the Meghavāhana-kalpa had started, the son of Yajñadatta, Śrīda, performed a severe penance. Realising the efficacy of devotion to Śiva accruing from the mere illumination of His temple with lamps, he reached Kāśī for the illumination of his thought. Under the lustre of the gems of the mind, he...