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Goddess Parvati and Shiva
Somadatta Becomes Malyavan

‘I was Somadatta, the son of the same Brahmin Govinda Datta, who was Devadatta’s father. I left home for the same reason as Devadatta and went to the Himalayas. I propitiated Shiva with offerings of many garlands. He was pleased and revealed himself to me. I rejected low pleasures and asked for the boon of serving him as a gana. Shiva said to me, “Because you have worshipped me with garlands of flowers that grow in the deeper reaches of thick forests that you picked yourself, you shall serve me as a gana and your name will be Malyavan.”

Then I shed my mortal body and attained the divine state of God’s servant. My name was given to me by Shiva as a mark of his favor. Kanabhuti, I have again become a mortal because of Parvati’s curse. So tell me the story told by Shiva so that our curses will end.’...Sivkishen Ji, Author