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Podcast: Śivadyuti (शिवद्युति)
Episode: Rudra-saṁhitā, Satīkhaṇḍa 7—Śiva Blesses Sandhyā
Description: Brahmā said, “O sage, when Śiva vanished after granting her the boons, Sandhyā too went to the place where Medhātithi was performing sacrifice. She entered the sacrificial hall without being observed by anyone, thanks to Śiva’s favour. She recalled to her memory the brāhmaṇa boy who had instructed her in the procedure of penance. O great sage, at the bidding of Brahmā, Vasiṣṭha had assumed the guise of a brāhmaṇa boy and instructed her in the rites of penance. Meditating on that Brahmacārin, her tutor in the mode of austerities, Sandhyā thought of him as her...