धरापाल (dharApAla)
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पुराणम्
Englishधरापाल / DHARĀPĀLA. A king of ancient times. He ruled over a country named vidiśā. There is a holy place where the rivers Vetasī and vetravatī meet. dharāpāla constructed a temple at the confluence. There is a story also for his doing so.
Once a śiva-pārṣada brought to śiva a woman at a time when pārvatī was away from the place. śiva and the woman were enjoying each other when pārvatī came to the place. Getting angry she cursed the Pārṣada and made him into a fox. The fox came to the place where the rivers Vetasī and vetravatī meet and did penance there and attained mokṣa. dharāpāla saw the divine plane coming down to take the Pārṣada away and he, therefore, constructed a temple at the place where the plane landed. He then arranged scholars well versed in Vedas and śāstras to read padma purāṇa there. He himself read padma purāṇa and attained mokṣa. (Chapter 29, padma purāṇa).
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